Toronto police have said a security guard was shot overnight outside the home of Canadian rapper Drake.
It comes amid his escalating war of words with US rap rival Kendrick Lamar.
Police said suspects in a vehicle shot the guard at the corner of the Park Lane Circle mansion around 02:00 EDT (06:00 GMT) on Tuesday before fleeing the scene.
The shooting happened shortly after 2 a.m. ET, Toronto police Insp. Paul Krawczyk told media at the scene.
Krawczyk couldn’t say whether Drake, whose real name is Aubrey Graham, was home at the time. But he said police are in contact with the rapper’s team and they are co-operating with the investigation.
“Information is very limited at this time,” Krawczyk said.
A police source previously told CBC News initial reports suggest it was a drive-by shooting. The security guard suffered a gunshot wound to the upper chest and was unconscious when officers arrived, the source said. He was taken to hospital, where he underwent surgery, according to the source.
Drake’s house, in the ritzy Bridle Path neighbourhood of Toronto, is the subject of cover art for Lamar’s song Not Like Us.
Pictures online show the property has been cordoned off with caution tape as police investigate the shooting.
