Drake's security guard shot outside rapper's mansion in Canada

A security guard has been seriously injured in a shooting at Canadian rapper Drake's mansion in Toronto.

Police said the shooting happened about 2am on Tuesday, local time, and officers responding to the incident found a man with a gunshot wound who was taken to a hospital.

The suspected shooter was spotted and the individual fled in a vehicle.

Police say details of the shooter and the vehicle were not yet available.(Reuters: Arlyn McAdorey)

Speaking to reporters in front of Drake's home in Toronto's lavish Bridle Path neighbourhood, often dubbed Millionaires Row, Inspector Paul Krawczyk said the investigation was at an early stage and information was very limited.

Police had not yet established a motive behind the shooting and details of the shooter or the vehicle were not yet available, Inspector Krawczyk said.

It is unclear whether the rapper was at his mansion at the time of the shooting.(Supplied: Universal Music Australia/File)

The injured security guard, who is in hospital in a serious condition, was standing outside the mansion gates when they were shot.

Inspector Krawczyk could not confirm whether Drake was at home at the time of the incident but said police were in contact with his team, who were cooperating.

When asked if the incident was linked to an ongoing feud between Drake and American rapper Kendrick Lamar, Inspector Krawczyk said he was aware of it, but said it was too early in the investigation to assign any motive and declined to comment further.

Lamar, who has won 17 Grammy awards, escalated his musical battle with Drake over the past week by releasing three diss tracks in 36 hours, according to US magazine Variety.

The video of the last of the three songs, Not Like Us, featured an aerial view of Drake's Toronto mansion.

The song, which has over 23 million views on Lamar's YouTube channel, prompted some fans to add an Owned by Kendrick label to Drake's Toronto house on Google Maps, according to the National Post newspaper.

The label has since been taken down.

Representatives for Drake and Lamar did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Reuters