Background
Omar was born on 17 May 1991 in London, England but spent his entire childhood growing up in Islamabad. He lost his father at 10 to alcoholism and his mother suffered from amnesia, leaving her with epilepsy the same year.
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He dropped out of school at 17 to pursue a career in music Career beginnings
Omar had started writing lyrics at the age of 9 and began recording by 14. In 2008, when Omar was 16, he found himself catching the attention of B-Real of Cypress Hill through Myspace who invited him to visit Los Angeles, helping launch his music career.
Between 2010 - 2012, Omar put together The Mushroom Cloud Effect, a street album consisting of compiled tracks and demos.
The most notable song was "Paki Rambo". In 2012 he was nominated in Pakistan"s Lux Style Awards for Best Emerging Talent as well as getting "Paki Rambo" directors Shahbaz Shigri and Aisha Linnea recognized for Best Music Video.
2013 – 2015
In 2013, Omar was commissioned to write and perform Burka Avenger"s "Lady In Black" theme song. Upon its release, #KholoBC went viral in Pakistan and gained international coverage from British Broadcasting Corporation, Cable News Network and First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Jazeera.
This was followed by "Exploding Heart".
In March 2015, Omar released an European Parliament with Talal Qureshi titled Saturday Night Killing Machine which came out with Omar"s directorial debut for "Nighat & Paras" and followed by his first showcase at SXSW.
Omar was born with sound-color synesthesia, a neurological condition in which the person afflicted "sees" colors when a tone is sounded.
