Security guard shot at Drake's Toronto home, police say
Drake’s Toronto home was taped off after a shooting Tuesday morning, police say.
The shooting took place outside Drake’s house around 2 a.m. and Toronto Police Service officers found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound when they arrived at the scene, according to Inspector Paul Krawczyk of the Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force at the Toronto Police Service.
Drake, pictured in March of this year, is making headlines amid his feud with fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar after a shooting outside his Toronto home.
The victim was a security guard who was standing outside the gates. He was transported to the hospital with serious injuries and a suspect fled the scene in a vehicle, according to police.
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Police confirmed to City News in Canada that Drake was not the person injured but would not confirm if he was home at the time of the shooting on Tuesday.
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Reps for Drake did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s request for comment.
Police did not immediately release a description of the suspect nor the vehicle. The incident in the “One Dance” rapper’s neighborhood comes as the 37-year-old has been making headlines for a highly contentious, weekslong feud with rap genre peer, Kendrick Lamar, which has featured numerous diss tracks.
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The Canadian rapper’s feud with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Compton lyricist has spurred a series of public accusations from secret children to sexual assault.
In his diss tracks, Lamar claimed Drake has a secret daughter, gambling and drug addictions, that he has predators on his label’s payroll, and should be in a “cell” with Harvey Weinstein while Drake alleged that Lamar physically abused his fiancée, that Lamar’s child might not be his and that the California rapper is living a double life full of infidelity.
Drake’s house is also a notable centerpiece within the topic of discussion between the two rappers. His opulent property is well-known among his fans and the mega-mansion is featured on the cover of Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” one of many diss tracks aimed at Drake where he suggests that sex offenders live there.
Contributing: Anika Reed, Taijuan Moorman, Edward Segarra
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