A person recognized as Drake’s bodyguard was wounded in a capturing exterior the rapper’s Toronto mansion round 2 a.m. Tuesday, police mentioned.
The person was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound, Inspector Paul Krawczyk, a member of the Weapons and Gangs Job Drive, mentioned at a information convention there Tuesday morning. The suspects fled in a car and stay at massive; police didn’t present an outline however mentioned the capturing was captured on video.
The capturing occurred exterior the gates in entrance of Drake’s 50,000 square foot mansion on Park Circle Lane within the North York neighborhood generally known as Bridle Path in Toronto, however didn’t contain the rapper, authorities mentioned. Drake was previously permitted construct fences twice the peak allowed by municipal regulation, citing the necessity for higher safety.
The capturing occurred after a weekend of increasingly personal diss tracks negotiated between Drake and Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar, whose long-running musical feud resulted within the launch of six songs in 72 hours, together with detailed assaults involving relations and allegations of abuse towards ladies on each side.
“I can’t communicate to the motive right now as a result of it’s too early, however as we now have data we’ll share it with you,” Inspector Krawczyk mentioned at a press convention. He mentioned he couldn’t affirm whether or not Drake was residence on the time of the capturing, however that authorities had contacted the rapper’s crew, who have been cooperating.
Police mentioned the sufferer, who has not been recognized, stays in hospital in critical situation.
A consultant for Drake declined to remark.
Lamar “It’s not like us,” which was launched on Saturday and insults Drake and his associates as “licensed pedophiles,” options an aerial photograph of Drake’s residence on a map as its cowl. The monitor is presently topping the charts globally and within the US on streaming companies together with Spotify and Apple Music. The duvet was edited to depict the home dotted with markers meant to signify the presence of registered intercourse offenders.
Drake has beforehand referred to the situation of his residence, which he calls the Embassy, in tracks like “7AM on Bridle Path.”
Representatives for Lamar didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
