Drake will be deposed virtually for the murder trial of musician XXXTentacion.
A Broward County court filing requires the “Knife Talk” singer, born Aubrey Drake Graham, to check in online Feb. 24.
Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams and Trayvon Newsome are on trial for the 2018 shooting of XXXTentacion (born Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy) in his car as it was leaving a Florida motorsports store. XXXTentacion — whose songs include “Revenge” and “Everybody Dies in Their Nightmares” — was 20 years old.
XXXTentacion accused Drake of copying parts of his 2015 song “Look at Me!” in his 2017 song “KMT” after fans online compared the tunes. Drake denied he mimicked XXXTentacion.
A 26-year-old suspect who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in August testified against the three defendants last week, CBS News reports.
TMZ reported Drake’s lawyers successfully argued against their client being deposed Tuesday, claiming the 36-year-old Canadian pop-star had no relevant information about XXXTentacion’s killing. A defense attorney told the court XXXTentacion posted “If anyone tries to kill me it was @champagnepapi,” referring to Drake. The victim claimed his Instagram account was hacked. Prosecutors argued the defense is trying to establish reasonable doubt in the case, NBC News in South Florida reported.
Hopefully, jurors don’t get a repeat of Drake’s recent Barstool Sports interview, where his 5-year-old son Adonis stole the show by talking about his “funny dad” who “does a lot of jokes.”
“I’m not even the biggest Drake fan, but this was hilarious,” one YouTube commenter wrote.
