Drake has been ordered to seem in courtroom within the present XXXTentacion homicide trial.
XXXTentacion, actual title Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy, was killed in a taking pictures aged 20 as he left a automobile dealership in Miami, Florida in June 2018. The trial for his homicide started final week.
In December, the protection group for Dedrick Williams – one of many three suspects on trial for XXXTentacion’s homicide – listed numerous artists together with Drake, Tekashi 6ix9ine, Offset and late Migos rapper Takeoff, as potential witnesses.
Now, Billboard reviews that protection legal professional Mauricio Padilla believes that, as a result of that they had beforehand been feuding, Drake is probably linked to XXXTentacion’s loss of life. In line with a courtroom doc obtained by Billboard, Drake was known as to seem in courtroom final month however failed to seem on his scheduled deposition date of January 27.
He’s now being ordered to seem in courtroom on February 24 by way of video hyperlink. If he fails to seem once more, he could also be held in contempt of courtroom.
Billboard approached Drake’s representatives for remark however they didn’t instantly reply.
In line with Padilla’s opening arguments, Drake and XXXTentacion’s feud started when the latter believed the previous had ripped off his observe ‘Look At Me!’ A 12 months later, XXXTentacion posted a narrative to his Instagram that learn, “If anybody tries to kill me it was @champagnepapi,” tagging Drake’s Instagram deal with. The put up was deleted and XXXtentacion later claimed his account was hacked and 4 months later, he was murdered.
In line with a December courtroom submitting, “Onfroy relentlessly taunted Graham on social media making statements about his mom and even posting an image of a Drake look alike with semen on his face,” following frustrations that Drake didn’t assist him when he was in jail from 2016-2017. XXX then allegedly requested DJ Akademiks to repost the photograph, escalating the feud.
The submitting later accused Drake of getting ties to “gang associated actions” whereas naming Somali Canadian rapper Hassan Ali, a “suspected member of the Jungle Bloods Avenue Gang,” as a attainable affiliate. Drake was publicly linked to Ali by way of his personal Instagram posts.
Elsewhere, Drake additionally just lately made headlines for suggesting that musicians ought to get “bonuses like athletes” after they attain streaming milestones on Spotify. “[S]o be happy to ship me a Lebron sized cheque. I’ve sufficient dinner plates,” he mentioned.