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Drake has paid tribute to his friend and fellow rapper Smoke Dawg, who was reportedly shot dead on Saturday evening
‘All these gifts and blessed souls and inner lights being extinguished lately is devastating,’ he wrote on Instagram
‘I wish peace would wash over our city. So much talent and so many stories we never get to see play out
Rest up Smoke.’ Mustafa the Poet, a Canadian spoken word artist and friend of Smoke Dawg, announced the news on Twitter
He wrote: ‘Smokey is gone, may our prayers follow him to heaven.’ In 2016 UK grime star Skepta appeared on Smoke Dawg’s track Overseas while production was handled by Murda Beatz, as part of the crossover between the Canadian rap scene and London’s grime scene
He also appeared as an opening act on Drake’s Boy Meets World tour. Giggs also took to Instagram to pay tribute, writing: ‘My little bro man
May God bless you my brother.’ According to CP24, local Toronto news station, three people were shot in the area of Queen Street West and Peter Street, in Toronto’s Entertainment District, shortly before 8:00 p
m. EST on Saturday night. Two male victims and one female were transported to a local hospital in serious to critical condition; one of the male victims were subsequently pronounced dead
‘Our investigators are on-scene right now trying to piece this together,’ Constable David Hopkinson told CP24
‘“It is a large scene. We’re talking about the downtown core and Queen Street – one of the busiest streets on a very busy Canada Day weekend
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