Rapper Tory Lanez Rushed to Hospital After Prison Yard Incident
Rapper Tory Lanez's week got off to a bad start Monday morning when he was reportedly stabbed in prison.
Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson, is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence in California for the 2020 shooting of rapper Megan Thee Stallion.
According to TMZ, he was in the yard at the California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi earlier today when another inmate stabbed him.
"It's unclear what the motivation was for the attack, but one source tells us Tory was rushed by ambulance to a nearby civilian hospital in Bakersfield," said TMZ, which added that the rapper's injuries are said to be "non-life threatening."
Lanez recently shared a photo of himself behind bars, and in March, released PETERSON, his eighth LP and a project recorded entirely while in prison.
"An album that's recorded in prison, for prisoners, by a prisoner in real time as a prisoner is going through his real-time sentence," Lanez said. "And it's professional. It's going to sound exactly like a Tory Lanez album... The pain is there, the hunger is there. You know, the tears, the cries are there. It's a lot of emotion into it, but it's the first ever professionally recorded prison album. This has never been done before.'
While the Canadian entertainer has been locked up for his role in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting, he and the "Savage" rapper are still battling in court, with Megan claiming Lanez has been using internet bloggers to stalk and smear her.
As of now, we don't know any real details about today's stabbing incident, but it seems like Lanez was fortunate, if the initial reports are correct.
We'll keep you posted if any additional information is released.
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