Who is Tory Lanez? Canadian rapper stabbed in prison

Prison authorities confirmed the star has been sent to hospital after being stabbed behind bars

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The 32-year-old was attacked by another inmate at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, north of Los Angeles, prison officials have confirmed.

As per his social media, his team confirmed that he was stabbed 14 times, including seven back wounds, four in his torso, two in the back of his head and one to the left side of his face.

They also confirmed that he suffered two collapsed lungs and was initially placed on a breathing machine, but is now “talking normally” and in “good spirits,” despite being in pain.

But who is Tory Lanez and what happened?

Who is Tory Lanez?

On July 27, 1992, Lanez, then known as Daystar Peterson, was born in Brampton, Ontario.

His mother died when he was young, and his dad - an ordained minister and missionary, often moved around America for work.

He lived in Atlanta, Georgia at one point where a friend gave him the nickname "Lanez" because he was often in trouble, mucking around in the roads and dodging cars in busy road names.

His father eventually sent him to live with cousins in Jamaica because of his bad behaviour, but they couldn’t cope and sent him to Toronto to live with his grandmother. She also couldn’t cope and he was left on his own from the age of 15.

Lanez was always into music and eventually discovered by Sean Kingston. He helped him release his first mixtape Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story, in August 2013, and in 2015, Lanez signed with record producer Benny Blanco's Mad Love Records, an imprint of Interscope Records where his career then took off.

He launched his first track, I Told You, in 2016 after signing with Interscope and it reached at number four on the Billboard 200. Lanez sings and raps his life story on the narrative-driven, skit-heavy album while recounting his struggle to realise his musical goals and singing languid bedroom jams, most notably on the album's hugely successful single Say It.

Megan Thee Stallion made a guest appearance on his Quarantine Radio series, which was broadcast on Instagram Live in March 2020, the month Lanez and Megan were first seen together. In April, they broadcasted once more, this time from the same place, while Megan tried to teach him a dance while they drank tequila shots.

But at a late-night party at Kylie Jenner's Hollywood Hills house in July 2020, their friendship deteriorated into violence.

What happened between Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion?

The prosecution added Megan Thee Stallion's criticism of Lanez's rap abilities caused a violent argument between the two musicians. She eventually begged to be allowed out of the vehicle, at which point, according to officials, Lanez allegedly opened fire on her.

Following numerous 911 calls in response to the gunfire, Los Angeles police officers pulled over the SUV near Hollywood Boulevard and discovered Megan Thee Stallion suffering from a foot wound. She initially claimed to have been harmed at Jenner's party after stepping on some shattered glass.

However, Megan Thee Stallion said on her Instagram account a few days after the incident that she had “suffered gunshot wounds” that required surgery but did not go into further detail. She then revealed that the shooter was Lanez, who had been detained and accused of hiding a gun in the car.

Lanez addressed the issue with rap lyrics that hinted at a divergent version, such as “We both know what happened that night and what I did/But it ain’t what they sayin.”

In October 2020, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office charged Lanez with assault.

What was Lanez convicted of?

He was convicted in 2023 of three felony charges after Megan Thee Stallion was shot in both feet during an altercation in July 2020.

During the trial, the court heard how Lanez had fired a gun at her feet and shouted for her to dance as she walked away from an SUV they had been riding in, following a party at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home.

Two of the bullets hit her in the foot, which left her needing to undergo surgery to remove the fragments from them.

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