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.
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.
“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.
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.”
Was likely a paid hitman by either diddy or kendrick.
No, Kendrcik would not go that low. Maybe it was some crazy Kendrick fan
RAT! 🐭🐀
Kendrick predicted The Embassy would see some feds. Look now.
Pedo vs wife beater. 2 legacies tarnished over some bs..
allegedly. i’d rather go down as a woman beater than a diddler, though… they are not the same level of goofiness at all
A nice quiet neighborhood ruined by blacks yet again. Now you trash are bringing your childish behaviour to Canada?
HOLY HELL HOW RACIST CAN U GET LMAO
who gives a shit. “waah waah it’s racist 😭 “ weak
Racist? Find me an example of a bunch of white folks doing this kind of shit and I’ll find you a thousand of blacks doing it. It’s no comparison. They bring this shit everywhere they go. And with all their crying about how they’re treated, maybe they should just go back to Africa where it’s so much better. Oh wait, they won’t because it isn’t. They’re just hypocrites looking to leech off the system.
But but but it’s just competition. SMH. Do that fake shit where all of you say you didn’t know it would get this serious and make fake social media posts like you give a fuck. Meanwhile, the white executives are smiling. Mission accomplished.
The truly wise would avoid childish rap beef because of the unpredictable outcome in future. Perhaps J. Cole had a premonition. Lest a crazy fan be tripping!
have no doubt Kendrick Lamer can sell out a show to low lifes in any city in one second. also have no doubt that show will get shot up by rival crews a second later. clout chasing kills careers. by the time the heat dies down dude will be 65 years old
Kendrick days are numbered if J Prince is involved as anyone would suspect. Has to be something to do with some street nonsense why this escalated. Rap is over and somebody gonna die over it. Kendrick can’t play shows. Clout chased himself out of a career. Hope that itunes money is long
You’re the biggest male drake groupie I’ve ever seen. You should be ashamed of yourself, fuck boi
why? I didn’t beat my wife I cherish my women – and last I checked I was the average height of an adult male – i.e a foot taller than Kendrick
Pure idiocy.
When you have a big ego you constantly need to prove yourself to others because you feed off their praise and recognition of you.
You might be confusing heart with ego because that’s all You can identify with. Giving is just that; praise and recognition comes with the opposites of those elements too(cynics and liars), so whoever gives, already accepts this. When you give to a group of people, there’s greedy people in that group along with grateful people. Don’t be stupid and show it. Ego is not everybody’s motivation.
Tell that to K. Dot. Lol.
If we’re talking bout that Thuglife, those hardcore rappers, it doesn’t get more ghetto than Drake. He reps the hood. He reps my brothers in lockdown for 23 hours a day. Drizzy’s bout that Thuglife baby.. plus he’s got the best manicure of any rapper I’ve ever seen
just waiting to see when Kendrick Lamer the wife beating homo midget plays another show.
Oh, gay greg… you’re too cute. #OVHoe
there’s no question this clown Kendrick beats his wife. He actually boasts about “fucking a white bitch in Copenhagen” or something along those lines on the latest record. Who does that to their beautiful wife? To me that’s the definition of abuse a bar like that. Don’t tell me someone that abusive to their wife on a record doesn’t get violent behind closed doors.
Not only is that flat-out incorrect–even if that was a line it wouldn’t support anything you’re saying. Your comments on every article involving Drake are really funny though so keep em coming, I can smell the lack of showers from here.
from what I understand, this is XO (weeknd’s camp) vs OVO, not Kendrick
Facts Cash xo place was hit, and I think this is retaliation. Drakes talked about Ps brother being the only shooter in xo’s camp, gillatein, he been riding back and forth but lately he’s been sliding for xo. Thing is drakes crew (repsup/gway) don’t play either, this could turn into something crazy
“ , although there is currently no indication that he was connected to the shooting in any way.” – the title of the article is misleading
So happy I switched to house music. Kanye ruined it a long time ago. Rap is sooo lame.
damn even Canada doesnt want this goof around. he should just flea to Epstein island
Why everyone saying kendrick when Drake is beefing The Weeknd and let’s not forget Cash XO place didn’t get shot up last week.
Funny how the tables can turn, with all the ugly accusations flying both ways it now seems like the only true winner in this beef was J Cole after all.
Please don’t let anybody die. I don’t want any of these fools mentioned next to lost legends like Pac and Big.