Drake's friend stabbed in mob attack hours after seeing star's Wireless gig

Metro

10 hours ago

Hassan Ali was stabbed hours after attending his friend Drake's North London gig at Wireless Festival this weekend when he was mobbed by a gang of men while in his car.
The rapper, who goes by the stage name of Top5, was in a white Mercedes when he was surrounded by a gang, and the vehicle was smashed in before he was stabbed in the leg.
A Met Police said officers were called at around 12.15am on Monday morning with a report of a stabbing, as a spokesman said: 'The victim, a man in his 20s was approached by a group who damaged his car before stabbing him in the leg. He was taken to hospital and his injuries are not believed to be life-changing.
'Enquiries remain ongoing and no arrests have been made at this stage.'
Distressing footage shoes a group of roughly a dozen men climbing onto the vehicle and stamping on the windscreen.
Footage then shows a number of men opening the door and kicking the driver while trying to drag him away.
Earlier in the evening, Top5 posted social media videos of him watching Drake's performance from the VIP section of the Finsbury Park festival.
The rapper is thought to have caused tensions by telling fans on social media: 'There is no real killers in London.'
The Met Police have urged anyone with information to call 101 or reach out on X and quote CAD105/17JULY.
Last year Ali was cleared of a murder charge in his native Toronto, after which he took to social media to thank his lawyer. https://www.instagram.com/p/DIR4qKDSxbn/?hl=en&img_index=1
His only other two social media posts on Instagram show him meeting controversial rapper Kanye West on his birthday, and another tile largely of him and Drake, which he captioned: 'The President & The Boy.'
Meanwhile during his three-night headline run at Wireless, Drake, 38, said London MCs were the 'best lyricists in the world'.
'No disrespect to America, but nobody in the world can out-rap London rappers,' he said, adding: 'This is the highest level – this is what I aspire to be.'
It marked Drake's return to full-scale UK shows and the second of three back-to-back headline sets – a Wireless first – after he signed a multimillion-pound deal to top the bill each night of the festival.
Drake's set featured tracks from across his career – including Nonstop, Know Yourself, and God's Plan.
His run at the north London festival forms part of his ongoing 2025 tour.
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