Tory Lanez

Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson (born July 27, 1992), known professionally as Tory Lanez, is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. He received initial recognition from the mixtape Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story, released in August 2013. In 2015, Lanez signed to record producer Benny Blanco’s Mad Love Records, an imprint of Interscope Records.

Lanez’ debut studio album, I Told You (2016) explored alternative R&B and was commercially successful. It included the singles “Say It” and “Luv,” which peaked at numbers 23 and 19 respectively on the US Billboard Hot 100. Both released in 2018, Lanez’ second and third albums Memories Don’t Die and Love Me Now? delved further into hip hop and were met with continued commercial success despite mixed reviews; the former became his first number one album on the Canadian Albums Chart while the latter spawned the double platinum-certified single “Talk to Me” (with Rich the Kid).

His fourth album and final major label project, Chixtape 5 (2019) peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200, while his fifth album, Daystar (2020) peaked at number ten. On August 8, 2023, Lanez was sentenced to ten years in prison for his involvement in an altercation in 2020, when he shot Megan Thee Stallion multiple times in the foot at a pool party in Hollywood Hills, California. Prior, he released his sixth and seventh albums—the 1980s-inspired Alone at Prom (2021) and Sorry 4 What (2022).

His 2016 single “Luv” received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Song, with Lanez also having received four Juno Awards from eleven nominations throughout his career.

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