Police are investigating a shooting outside Drake’s residence that injured a security guard

TORONTO (AP) – Police are investigating a shooting outside rapper Drake’s Toronto residence that left a security guard seriously injured.

Authorities haven’t confirmed whether Drake was home on the time of the shooting, but said his team is cooperating. The shooting occurred around 2 a.m. Tuesday in Toronto’s affluent Bridle Path neighborhood.

Toronto Police Inspector Paul Krawczyk said video of the shooting has been recovered and the injured guard stays in hospital.

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In recent weeks, Drake has been involved in a rap feud with Kendrick Lamar, with each artist dropping disses while attacking the opposite.

Krawczyk was asked if the dispute was a consider the shooting and said that while investigators are aware of it, it is just too early to say a motive.

Drake, or quite Aubrey Drake Graham, is one in every of the best-selling artists of the fashionable era. He began his profession as a child actor on the favored teen show “Degrassi: The Next Generation” after which turned his attention to music, releasing a few of the most influential albums of any genre in 2010: “Take Care,” “Nothing Was the Same” and “Views” amongst them. Throughout his profession, he has had 13 chart-topping hits, including “God’s Plan,” “Work” featuring Rihanna, and “One Dance” with WizKid and Kyla.

The “Hotline Bling” artist was named Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the last decade, won five Grammy Awards, and is commonly credited with ushering in a recent era of hip-hop during which rappers sing while weaving R&B sensibilities into the genre.