Canadian rapper Tory Lanez is currently in the hospital after being attacked in a California prison on Monday. He is currently serving a 10-year sentence for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion.
The rapper was attacked at a housing unit at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi at about 7:20 a.m., according to Pedro Calderon Michel, spokesman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and reported by The Associated Press.
An Instagram post on his verified social media account stated Lanez, 32, born Daystar Peterson, was “stabbed 14 times – including seven wounds to his back, four to his torso, two to the back of his head, and one to the left side of his face.”
“Both of his lungs collapsed, and he was placed on a breathing apparatus,” read the statement. “He is now breathing on his own.”
A Los Angeles judge sentenced Peterson to 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallon in the foot in December 2022. He was convicted on three felony counts, including assault with a semiautomatic handgun, having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence. Peterson was also denied a new trial as his legal team readies an appeal.
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