A security guard was injured in a shooting outside Drake’s home in Toronto on Tuesday (May 7). The shooting happened amid Drake’s highly-publicized beef with Kendrick Lamar, but fans wondered if the incident was connected to the Canadian star’s issues with The Weeknd.
Social media sleuths believed the shooting at Drake’s mansion was retaliation for an April shooting at The Weeknd’s manager Cash XO’s home. Weeks before the shootings, Drake dissed The Weeknd and Cash XO on the song “Push Ups.” Drake responded to The Weeknd’s jabs from Future and Metro Boomin’s “All to Myself.”
“Yeah, I’m the 6ix God, I’m the frontrunner/Y’all n#### manager was Chubbs lil’ blunt runner/Claim the 6ix and you boys ain’t even come from it/And when you boys got rich, you had to run from it/Cash blowing Abel bread, out here tricking/S### we do for b######, he doing for n#####,” Drake rapped.
Much like the incident at Drake’s mansion, a security guard was shot at Cash XO’s home in Los Angeles on April 29. Police searched for three suspects in their investigation. The 37-year-old victim said his attackers wore hoodies and surgical masks.
The shooting at Drake’s home took place around 2 a.m. on Tuesday. One suspect fled the scene. Authorities said the victim was still in serious condition at a local hospital.
A representative for Drake confirmed he was unharmed in the shooting. The rep and police did not reveal if he was at home when gunfire erupted on Tuesday morning.
“I cannot confirm if Drake was home at the time the incident occurred, but I can tell you that we are in contact with his team and they are cooperating,” Inspector Paul Krawczyk told reporters.
Krawcyzk said cops “cannot speak to a motive” behind the shooting. Police already collected video evidence capturing the incident but were “dealing with video quality issues.”
I- the shooting has nothing to do with Kendrick, The Weeknd’s manager cash xo mansion was shot at last week by ovo and a security guard ended up getting shot, and The Weeknd’s people-xo reportedly spent the block at drake’s mansion. OVO AND XO ARE WAR
— OPINIONATED_TRUTHS_PODCAST™️ (@O_Truths) May 7, 2024
Allegedly
The Weeknd said they shooters doing Tik Toks
— Aux (@theauxvibes) May 7, 2024
Drake said they ran from the 6 and dissed cash
Then he. Came back and Said ain’t a real shooter all the while
CASH house get shot up
Then DRAKE house get shot uo
And you dumb n##### thing it’s Kendrick 😂
Is the shooting a Drakes home retaliation? The Weeknd’s managers home was shot up here in LA last week after Drake dissed him. These 2 shootings sound like Canadian 🇨🇦 beef. pic.twitter.com/cZO5cfIju6
— Dwann B 🇺🇸 (@dwannb) May 7, 2024
The Weeknd's manager's mansion gets shot at last week..
— Obviously, you are fired. (@eleven8) May 7, 2024
Then Drake's mansion gets shot at this week…
Everybody blame Kendrick.
I need yall to put yall thinking caps on.
All while rap beef is going on, we get 2 shootings involving the Weeknd's manager and near Drake's crib. Toronto beef is brewing simultaneously https://t.co/ROjZ4mLyOM
— JG (@UTxJGTheDon) May 7, 2024
I had no idea The Weeknd was gang affiliated. In no time Drake will retaliate too….isnt there a better way to resolve this? Stop the violence….aim the guns at JT instead pic.twitter.com/CiXBZk8RKE
— Owprah Force (@OwprahsMercy) May 7, 2024