Drake had a typically busy weekend — he played two sold-out arena dates, won two Grammy Awards, and might have been caught up in a suicide bid.

A newspaper in England reports that Toronto’s own rap superstar offered to help talk down a man who was standing on a Manchester overpass early Saturday in what’s been described as a suicide attempt.

The Manchester Evening News reported that Drake’s tour bus was caught before 6 a.m. in a traffic jam caused by road closures as police tried to talk to the man standing on the Mancunian Way “on the wrong side of the barriers.”

Insp. Phil Spurgeon told the newspaper: “One officer was approached by a male from a tour van caught up in the traffic congestion, claiming to be part of Drake’s entourage.

“He offered for Drake to speak to the male on the bridge, if that would help. The offer was declined with thanks.”

The man presence on the overpass was described by international media — picking up the Evening News’ account — as a suicide attempt, though the Evening News did not characterize it, one way or another. The man was eventually safely taken to hospital.

Drake, currently on the Britain leg of his Boy Meets World tour, then went on to perform twice at the Manchester Arena to a total of more than 40,000 people, and win two Grammys in absentia on Sunday night for his single “Hotline Bling.”

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