{"id":12448,"date":"2015-08-15T13:21:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T17:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohsodj.com\/?p=12448"},"modified":"2015-08-15T13:21:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T17:21:10","slug":"drake-speaks-on-ovo-fest-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/?p=12448","title":{"rendered":"Drake Speaks on OVO Fest Shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drake_ovofest.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drake_ovofest.jpg?resize=250%2C227\" alt=\"drake_ovofest\" width=\"250\" height=\"227\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12213\" \/><\/a>Drake has finally broken his silence ten days after the shooting that took place at an OVO Fest after-party at Muzik nightclub in Toronto. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The shooting took the lives of Duvel Hibbert, 23, and Ariela Navarro-Fenoy, 26.  In the wake of the deaths, Drake has released the following statement on the tragic incident:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The last few days I have been in a moral bind.<\/p>\n<p>I am used to the fact that my life and the things I say to my fans are\u200e closely watched. It\u2019s tough in situations like this where there\u2019s a tragedy and I consider the advice of my trusted advisors and counsel who worry that anything I might say could be misinterpreted.<\/p>\n<p>However, today I am choosing to follow my heart.<\/p>\n<p>I am plagued and pained by the violence that continues to escalate in our city. I stare into the eyes of so many young people and I wish to see them all shine as bright as they possibly can in this lifetime. I encourage my generation to show as much value and gratitude as you can for the lives we have been gifted.<\/p>\n<p>My deepest condolences go out to the Navarro-Fenoy and Hibbert families for their loss of Ariela and Duvel. Along with them I send my condolences to all of the families that have lost loved ones to the senseless violence that has and continues to occur in our city.<\/p>\n<p>Although Toronto is globally viewed as a major city, at the core we are still a small close-knit community, and it is our public responsibility to ensure the safety and wellbeing of one another. We need each other to further our communities for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p>I pray for better times and better understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-DRAKE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Drake has finally broken his silence ten days after the shooting that took place at an OVO Fest after-party at Muzik nightclub in Toronto.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[366,807],"class_list":["post-12448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-drake","tag-matrix"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7qLKy-3eM","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/drake_ovofest.jpg?fit=250%2C227&ssl=1","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}