Drake's Home Becomes the Scene of a Shooting, One is Injured: Updates

Drake’s Toronto mansion was taped off by police last night after a shooting occurred near the property.

According to a tweet Shots were fired by Toronto police near the corner of Bayview and Lawrence avenues around 2:10 a.m. ET.

The suspect is said to have fled in a car immediately after the shooting.

Drake attends Drake's Rap Battle — Drake attends Drake’s Rap Battle “Till Death Do Us Part” in Long Beach, California on October 30, 2021. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

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Officers responding to the call discovered a seriously injured man who was taken to a nearby hospital.

Luckily no one else was hurt. Drake was not injured and it is unclear if he was home at the time of the shooting.

The wounded man’s injuries were described by The New York Post classified as not life-threatening.

Drake performs on the Coachella Stage during day two of the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2017 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella)

Hopefully the conflict that led to the shooting had nothing to do with Drake.

But speculators on social media are already concluding that the incident is related to the ongoing feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.

The war of words between Drake and Kendrick is the most high-profile hip-hop argument in recent memory.

Recording artist Drake performs at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 23, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Many have compared the situation to the deadly war between Tupac Shakur and the Notorious BIG that unfolded in the mid-1990s.

Earlier this week, Kendrick released a scathing dissident titled “Not Like Us.” The song featured an aerial photo of Drake’s house on the cover.

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Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during the Coca-Cola Music Mix at the NCAA March Madness Music Festival Day 2 at Discovery Green on April 2, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for Turner)

The bad blood between the rappers has been simmering since last year at the latest. Things have come to a head in recent weeks, with both artists releasing several dissident tracks aimed at each other.

“Not Like Us,” Kendrick’s latest, opens with the line “I see dead people” and contains ominous references to how Drake’s recent comments have sparked outrage.

It’s important to note that these are just lines in a song and there is currently no reason to believe that last night’s shooting had anything to do with the feud between Kendrick and Drake.