Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion
Tory Lanez was found guilty of the 2020 shooting in a trial that concluded in December 2022
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Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in both feet in 2020, according to TMZ.
The rapper, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, has been jailed since December 2022 when a jury found him guilty of three charges: assault with a semiautomatic firearm; possession of a concealed, unregistered firearm; and negligent discharge of a firearm. While the verdict led to chaos and shouting in the courtroom from Peterson’s family and supporters, Megan Thee Stallion (legal name Megan Pete) called the decision “a victory for every woman who has ever been shamed, dismissed, and blamed for a violent crime committed against them.”
The incident that led to the contentious trial occurred after a party Pete and Peterson both attended on the night of July 12, 2020. Per Pete’s testimony, the shooting occurred in response to an argument between the two rappers that began while they were in an SUV together (along with Peterson’s bodyguard and Pete’s ex-friend Kelsey Harris) and escalated when their respective careers came into play. The second time Pete tried to exit the vehicle (and thus the argument), Peterson shouted “Dance bitch,” and shot at both her feet, she stated.
In addition to the trauma and lasting nerve damage caused by the shooting itself, Pete also experienced a barrage of misogyny, mistrust, and bullying from Peterson’s supporters and even fellow music industry peers over the course of the two-and-a-half-year trial. Pete reflected on this experience in a powerful personal essay published in Elle, in which she asserts that she sees herself as a survivor rather than a victim because “I have truly survived the unimaginable”—not just “being shot by someone I trusted and considered a close friend” but also “the public humiliation of having my name and reputation dragged through the mud by that individual for the entire world to see.”
“For anyone who has survived violence, please know your feelings are valid. You matter. You are not at fault. You are important. You are loved. You are not defined by your trauma. You can continue to write beautiful, new chapters to your life story,” she wrote. “Just because you are in a bad situation doesn’t mean you are a bad person. Our value doesn’t come from the opinions of other people. As long as you stand your ground and live in your truth, nobody can take your power.”
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This is awesome. Little man does wrong thing, little man pays, it’s that simple. Did you see the news that Iggy Azalea sent a letter asking for them to not put Lanez in jail, will her crimes never cease?
Woah, his legal name sounds more like a rap name than his actual rap name.
This was my first thought as well, lol. Well, my second thought, the first being holy shit, he’s not actually going to get away with it!
Yeah who has the name Daystar and changes it to Torey?
Hopefully he gets deported after his sentence is up.
Good news. I was afraid he was going to get away with it.
Especially after the shit her ex-best friend pulled on the witness stand. Good on Megan for persevering through ahh the misogynoir that was thrown at her.
Yes. Very disappointing.
“misogynoir” is not a word at all
There’s no place for Canadian gun culture in America.
It was really destabilizing to watch this incident turn into a “debate,” with a full contingent arguing Lanez did nothing wrong or that she was somehow at fault.He fucking shot her. The facts were clear. What the everloving fuck is wrong with people?
I’ve honestly had people argue with me that he wasn’t the one to do it and it was covering something up. I’ve also had people argue that she wasn’t actually shot and it was just a social media agenda against a man.
Of course, both of these people are the type to automatically choose the opposite narrative of any facts or evidence provided because something something Joe Rogan, everyone needs a platform and it’s all a conspiracy.
I’m just full of disdain for everything now.
Are we sure this shooting didn’t take place in a saloon in 1885? What a dingleberry this guy is.
“Come on, Stallion, you can dance better than that!”
Stop spreading misinformation.This is the actual footage (pun intended) from that night…
We’re still kind of glamorizing people who act this way. Don’t be friends with people who carry unregistered firearms to begin with. Don’t put yourself in stupid situations with deluded thugs. Why is this still a thing, that rappers have to be actual criminals for street cred? I know if my friend showed up somewhere with a gun (they wouldn’t), we’d have a talk and then I’d go home.
I was thinking the same thing. Don’t spend time around people who carry just for street cred. I’m not trying to blame Stallion here, I’m sure that an awful lot of people in her world carry, but unless the armed person is sober and super stable, stay the fuck away from him.
What kind of person takes a name like “Daystar” and decides he wants his rapper name to be “Tory”?
The sort of person who shoots at people?