Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison, more than seven months after he was convicted of shooting fellow musical artist Megan Thee Stallion during an argument in 2020, local media reported.
Judge David Herriford handed down the sentence to the 30-year-old rapper, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, during a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court that had been pushed back by delays, USA Today reported.
On Dec. 23, a jury found Lanez guilty of carrying a loaded and unregistered firearm in a vehicle, assault with a semiautomatic handgun and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
Lanez was accused of shooting Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion, 28, injuring her feet after a pool party in the Hollywood Hills in July 2020.
The shooting was preceded by an argument that became heated when the two began attacking each other's music careers, she told the court during the two-week trial.
Megan Thee Stallion needed surgery and spent four days in the hospital before physical therapy allowed her to walk again, she said during an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
"I was very scared that I was not able to be Megan Thee Stallion no more," said the Houston artist, whose real name is Megan Pete.
Megan Thee Stallion won Grammy awards for best new artist, best rap performance and best rap song in 2021. She has also been nominated for six more.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon said in a statement after December's verdict that women, especially Black women, are afraid to report crimes such as assault and sexual violence because they are too often not believed.
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kurisupisu
“ Black women, are afraid to report crimes such as assault and sexual violence because they are too often not believed.”
Or, it could be that they don’t trust the police and there’s be a certain amount of animosity from the perpetrators if they did
Speed
She looks a lot like Nikki Minaj.
Jay
Chicken or egg. If police in the US have overwhelmingly negative experiences with say, green people, and generally treat them with suspicion as a result, is that not basic pattern recognition?
factchecker
"Canadian rapper Tory Lanez"
Who?
odoriko
@Jay - If police in the US have ...
Only if you are a bad cop. If you are a good cop, and there are many, you judge each individual by their individual actions. Duh.
TrevorPeace
"I was very scared that I was not able to be Megan Thee Stallion no more,"
She certainly has problems with her grammar.
Jay
Are you saying, in the US - where 54% of all violent crimes are committed by a certain 12.1% of the population - that police have the time and whimsical naïveté to assume that just because the overwhelmingly vast majority of interactions with said people were hostile, that the next interaction will be positive?
Where is this Rainbow'N'Cupcake Land you speak of?
Fighto!
10 years for shooting a stallion?
Seems harsh.
starpunk
That same old obscene foul-mouthed X-rated lout who raps explicit porn lyrics and shakes the cheeks of her silicone injected can in the videos? The one who is a bubble bath and loves to get swatted on video? And has kept on doing these things during the past three years since she got shot and injured?
Yeah. OK. Uh-huh.
WA4TKG
Who?
memoryfix
This article is about a guy getting 10 years for the shooting. It’s his picture that should be shown along side hers. Why the absence? ….Well?
Yrral
A black woman is not passive,they will throw down quickly than a black man
starpunk
Because Meghan emphasizes the sexual image angle in everything she does, esp. in her disgusting videos. And let's face it, sex appeal and sexual imagery sells - and people want to see that than some ugly bonehead who shot her.
starpunk
Another cookie cutter pottymouthed pornographic rapper. Where will she be in 20, 30 years?