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News of a security guard getting shot outside Drake’s home in Toronto broke out on Tuesday, May 7. While live reporting on the same, ABC News anchor Bill Ritter mistakenly addressed Drizzy as a r*per, but he quickly corrected himself.
“Lots of questions tonight, about a security guard who was shot outside the mansion of the r*per, rapper…rapper I should say, Drake in Toronto.”
Soon after the video was uploaded on Eyewitness News ABC7NY’s YouTube channel, netizens flocked to the comments to react to Ritter’s mistake. Many said that it was rather a Freudian slip on the newscaster’s part.
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As the shooting unfolded amid the Canadian rapper and Kendrick Lamar's ongoing diss battle, Ritter's co-anchor Sandra Bookman said many were wondering if the incident had any connections to the feud. Bookman said their beef "recently kind of turned personal".
Police responded to Drizzy’s mansion around 2 a.m. Tuesday and found a wounded man outside. Toronto Police Inspector Paul Krawczyk said at a press conference that the man was rushed to hospital. Paul added that he was in a serious condition but sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Internet reacts to Bill Ritter mistakenly calling Drake a r*per on live TV
Viewers were amused by Bill Ritter's slip of the tongue while reporting on the shooting outside Drake's Toronto home. Some said the newscaster knew what he said and was right about it. Others wrote Bill might be on Kendrick's side in this beef.
A few others expressed their distaste at the feud, saying people are stupid to keep track of something like this. One user pointed out how these rap beefs have brought tragedy to the hip-hop community in the past, possibly referring to artists' deaths that stemmed from such disputes.
Inspector Paul Krawczyk said that the police is looking into surveillance footage to gather more information on the assailant/assailants. The culprits have not yet been identified. The police have been working on the description of the car that was spotted outside Drake's mansion.
Paul added that they contacted Drake's team, who are cooperating in the investigation.
