Security Guard Shot Outside Drake’s Toronto Home

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A information defender was changeable extracurricular Drake’s location successful Toronto aboriginal this morning, amid the rapper’s ongoing beef with Kendrick Lamar. Police confirmed astatine a property league that a information defender was taken to the infirmary successful “serious condition” aft primitively reporting a shooting astatine 2:09 a.m. connected May 7. The defender is inactive successful the hospital. The fishy oregon suspects reportedly fled the scene, though constabulary person not yet released a description. Inspector Paul Krawczyk did not remark connected a motive and would not accidental whether Toronto constabulary were successful interaction with U.S. police. Krawczyk said Drake’s squad is cooperating, adding, “This is nary antithetic than immoderate different investigation.”

The shooting occurred arsenic Drake is embroiled successful a feud with Kendrick Lamar, Metro Boomin, and, by proxy, Future. The feud was sparked by Lamar dissing Drake connected the trio’s No. 1 deed “Like That.” The 2 person volleyed tracks backmost and distant for weeks now, the latest introduction being Drake’s “The Heart Part 6” connected May 5. Lamar’s astir caller track, “Not Like Us,” utilized a Google Maps representation of Drake’s location with a fig of sex-offender markers arsenic the screen art, referencing Lamar’s allegations of pedophilia and intersexual misconduct against Drake and his team.