Rap superstar Drake’s Toronto mansion was severely flooded after record-breaking storms hit the city. He shared Instagram footage showing ankle-deep muddy water in his home, captioning it “this better be espresso martini.”
Toronto saw nearly 100mm (four inches) of rain on Tuesday, surpassing a daily record from 1941, according to Environment Canada. The storms left around 167,000 customers without power, reported Toronto Hydro, according to the Guardian.
Emergency services responded to numerous calls involving people trapped in lifts due to power cuts and others needing rescue from flooded motorways. David Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, told CBC that multiple storms had hit the city in succession, describing it as a “new reality” where urban flooding is becoming more common, replacing the previous issue of river flooding.
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Drake’s 50,000 sq ft mansion in Toronto’s upscale Bridle Path area has been the target of multiple incidents following his high-profile feud with Kendrick Lamar. In early May, a security guard was shot and seriously injured. The next day, a man was arrested for attempting to break into the mansion, with two other trespassing incidents reported that week.
No motives have been determined for these incidents, but they occurred after Lamar used an aerial image of Drake’s mansion for his diss track “Not Like Us.” The track reached No. 1 on the US charts, becoming the most successful in a series of songs where the rappers exchanged serious allegations, including underage sex and adultery.
In a 2020 interview with Architectural Digest, Drake describes the mansion, known as The Embassy, as “overwhelming high luxury … Because I was building it in my hometown, I wanted the structure to stand firm for 100 years. I wanted it to have a monumental scale and feel. It will be one of the things I leave behind, so it had to be timeless and strong.”
