Drake‘s Toronto home is at the center of a police investigation after a shooting occurred near the property, injuring one person.
Toronto Police revealed in a brief post on X (formerly Twitter) that the shooting took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning (May 7) in the city’s ritzy Bridle Path neighborhood, home to the rapper’s “Embassy” mansion.
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The victim, whose identity has yet to be made public, was taken to hospital with “serious injuries,” police said. The assailant, who has also yet to be identified, is believed to have fled the scene in a vehicle.
A photo has emerged on social media of police closing the street outside Drake’s home, although there is currently no indication that he was connected to the shooting.
UPDATE:Rolling Stone confirmed that the victim was Drake’s security guard, who suffered a gunshot wound to his upper chest. He was found unconscious and rushed to hospital for emergency surgery.
Drake himself was uninjured during the incident, which is believed to have been a drive-by shooting.
Additional photos reveal that police have taped off the Drake’s front door.
Police closed off the street where Drake lives investigating a shooting that occured by his house this morning at 2 AM. pic.twitter.com/IjaFPOjwUV
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) May 7, 2024
The front door to Drake's home was taped off following a shooting at the property last night. pic.twitter.com/UJjGpgheaO
— Kurrco (@Kurrco) May 7, 2024
Drake’s mansion was recently used as fodder in his high-profile feud with Kendrick Lamar, with the Compton rapper using a satellite picture of the property as the cover art for his scathing diss song “Not Like Us.”
The image was peppered with several red markers, allegedly from a sex predator app. Kendrick accused the 6 God and some of his close associates of being pedophiles on the song.
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“Say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young/ You better not ever go to cell block one/ To any bitch that talk to him and they in love/ Just make sure you hide your lil’ sister from him,” he rapped.
He also said: “And Baka [Not Nice] got a weird case, why is he around?/ Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles.”
Drake refuted the allegations on his response record “The Heart Part 6,” rapping: “I never been with no one underage but now I understand why this the angle that you really mess with/ Just for clarity, I feel disgusted, I’m too respected/ If I was fucking young girls, I promise I’d have been arrested/ I’m way too famous for this shit you just suggested.”
Police were previously called to the rap star’s sprawling Toronto home in 2021 when an armed stalker struck a private security guard with a metal pipe while attempting to trespass onto the estate.
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The culprit was arrested and the metal pipe, along with a knife, were seized as evidence, but fortunately for Drake she didn’t get anywhere near her intended target.
“The perpetrator did not get anywhere near Drake,” a source told the Toronto Sun. “In fact, the intruder did not make it past the front gate.”
