Tory Lanez stabbed in prison, reports say

Cameron Kiszla

8 months ago

Rapper Tory Lanez has reportedly been stabbed at a California prison.

Lanez, real name Daystar Peterson, is incarcerated at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi after his 2020 shooting of fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion.

According to multiple reports, Lanez was taken by hospital to Bakersfield after another inmate stabbed him. Lanez is expected to survive the attack.

Singer Tory Lanez returns to the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center for his trial, Dec. 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

The motivation behind the stabbing has not been revealed, but Lanez has continued to draw public attention even after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2023.

Megan Thee Stallion arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, March 27, 2022, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. Megan Thee Stallion is a three-time Grammy winner and hip-hop superstar, but her success hasn’t been enough to shield the 27-year-old from the power of widespread misinformation campaigns and social media vitriol leveled against her after she was shot in 2020. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Despite Megan Thee Stallion — real name Megan Pete — telling a jury that he fired five shots while yelling “Dance, b——-!” after a party at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home, Lanez has continually asserted his innocence.

Thus far, his appeals and legal maneuverings have failed.