That’s because the 24-year-old is recovering from a gunshot wound received late on June 9 when mass gunfire erupted at an outdoor vigil for Dimarjio Jenkins, a popular underground Toronto rapper known as Houdini. Police believe Ledinek, himself a well-known underground rapper, was most likely hit by “friendly fire,” because the gunmen on the highway had already fled. Ledinek walked into a hospital with a bullet wound in his abdomen and was arrested and charged with firearms offences soon after. At least 20 underground Toronto rappers have been fatally shot in the last decade, nine in the last year. As a rapper, Ledinek notably featured on one of Toronto’s most popular independent rap songs of recent years.

Source: thestar June 24, 2020 22:18 UTC