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A safety guard was shot outside Drake’s household in Toronto early this early morning, amid the rapper’s ongoing beef with Kendrick Lamar. Police confirmed at a push meeting that a protection guard was taken to the hospital in “serious condition” just after at first reporting a shooting at 2:09 a.m. on May perhaps 7. The guard is nevertheless in the hospital. The suspect or suspects reportedly fled the scene, though police have not still launched a description. Inspector Paul Krawczyk did not comment on a motive and would not say whether Toronto law enforcement were in contact with U.S. law enforcement. Krawczyk reported Drake’s workforce is cooperating, including, “This is no distinct than any other investigation.”
The capturing occurred as Drake is embroiled in a feud with Kendrick Lamar, Metro Boomin, and, by proxy, Long term. The feud was sparked by Lamar dissing Drake on the trio’s No. 1 strike “Like That.” The two have volleyed tracks back and forth for weeks now, the most up-to-date entry remaining Drake’s “The Heart Element 6” on May perhaps 5. Lamar’s most current keep track of, “Not Like Us,” utilised a Google Maps image of Drake’s house with a quantity of intercourse-offender markers as the deal with art, referencing Lamar’s allegations of pedophilia and sexual misconduct in opposition to Drake and his workforce.
