A person recognized as a safety guard for Drake was wounded in a taking pictures outdoors of the rapper’s Toronto mansion round 2 a.m. on Tuesday, the police stated.
The person was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, Inspector Paul Krawczyk, a member of the gun and gang activity power, stated at a information convention on the scene on Tuesday morning. The suspects fled in a car and stay at giant; an outline was not out there, however authorities stated the taking pictures was captured on video.
The taking pictures occurred in entrance of Drake’s 50,000-square-foot mansion on Park Circle Lane within the North York neighborhood often known as Bridle Path in Toronto, however didn’t contain the rapper, the authorities stated. Drake was beforehand permitted to construct fences twice as excessive as allowed by metropolis regulation, citing a necessity for elevated safety.
The taking pictures adopted a weekend of more and more private diss tracks traded between Drake and the Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar, whose long-simmering musical rivalry resulted within the launch of six songs in 72 hours, together with detailed assaults involving relations and claims of abuse towards girls on either side.
The police stated they may not but communicate to a motive within the taking pictures. They might not affirm whether or not Drake was dwelling on the time.
Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which was launched on Saturday and taunts Drake and his associates as “licensed pedophiles,” options an aerial shot of Drake’s dwelling on a map as its cowl artwork. The observe is at present topping the charts globally and in the US on streaming providers together with Spotify and Apple Music. The quilt is edited to painting the house as dotted with markers meant to signify the presence of registered intercourse offenders.
Drake has beforehand referred to the placement of his dwelling, which he calls the Embassy, on tracks like “7AM on Bridle Path.”
Representatives for Drake and Lamar didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
