Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson (born July 27, 1992),[3] known professionally as Tory Lanez, is a Canadian singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

First discovered by Sean Kingston, he received initial recognition for his mixtape Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story, released in August 2013.

On August 8, 2023, Lanez was sentenced to ten years in prison after being convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.

[5][6][7] Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson was born on July 27, 1992, in Brampton, Ontario,[3] to a Bajan father, Sonstar,[8] and a mother from Curaçao, Luella.

[11][12] Following his mother's death, his father began working as an ordained minister and missionary, causing them both to move frequently throughout the United States.

[15] In 2006, Lanez was sent to live with his cousins Dahir Abib, Orane Forrest, in Jamaica, Queens, New York because of his behavior issues.

Sean Kingston was interested in Lanez after seeing a video of him freestyling over Lloyd Banks' "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley".

In 2011, Lanez signed a record deal with Kingston's Time is Money Entertainment and released a trio of mixtapes: Mr. Peterson, Chixtape, and Swavey.

[20] In the following three years, he released additional mixtapes: Sincerely Tory (2012), Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story (2013), and Chixtape II (2014).

[21][22] In April 2014, Lanez released two episodes of the "Public Swave Announcement", of behind the scenes of the "These Things Happen Tour" with G-Eazy and Rockie Fresh.

In an interview, Lanez claimed he has ghost-written songs for artists such as Akon ("Been Gettin' Money" with Jeezy), Casey Veggies ("Actin' Up"), August Alsina ("My Niggas" with Meek Mill), as well as T.I.

[32][33] On February 27, 2015, Lanez revealed that he was going to release a collaboration EP with the WeDidIt Records producers on April 6.

[45][46] On April 8, 2016, Lanez and ASAP Ferg collaborated on the song, "Line Up the Flex" to promote their "Level Up" tour.

[47] On April 18, Lanez refused to be on the 2016 XXL Freshmen cover because he felt he was in a higher league musically than the other artists being considered.

[57] In 2019, Tory Lanez began complaining about his major label, Interscope Records, publicly threatening the company to "expose what's really going on in that f*****g building!".

[57] On July 10, Lanez released three singles, "Simple Things, with DJDS and Rema,[61] "Staccato", and "392", with his label signee VV$ Ken.

[63] The following months he announced the release of "capsules" that would contain separate different types of music from him, then releasing the hip-hop commercial mixtape Loner on December 22, 2020, the R&B commercial mixtape Playboy on March 5, 2021,[64] and his sixth studio album Alone at Prom, on December 10, 2021, which is an 80's inspired synth-pop project.

[69][70] In 2020, Lanez released his first single as an independent artist, writing "I waited and calculated for 4 years to be my own boss.

[citation needed] Tory Lanez's music is usually R&B and hip-hop, blending both styles, occasionally on the same song.

[77][78][79] In 2010, a video of Lanez freestyling with a title suggesting he was Canadian rapper Drake's younger brother was posted to YouTube.

Lanez posted a video in response where he denied relation to Drake and challenged the rapper to listen to his second mixtape Playing for Keeps.

[87] In response to the feuds, Karlton Jahmal of HotNewHipHop praised Lanez, saying, "the art of the competitive, lyrical battle rap has been missing from the mainstream wave for years".

"[92] Lanez' wife, Raina Chassagne, filed for divorce in June 2024, citing irreconcilable differences.

[93] In August 2024, in a phone call with Adin Ross, Lanez revealed that he had graduated from high school and enrolled himself into college.

Lanez then proceeded to tell the crowd to "fuck shit up," which incited a riot and forced police to shut down the show.

[95] On July 12, 2020, after leaving a house party where there had been an argument that resulted in violence, Lanez was arrested in Hollywood Hills and charged with carrying a concealed weapon in his vehicle.

Another rap artist, Megan Thee Stallion, was also in the car, and was initially reported to have had a foot wound caused by glass.

[96] However, in an Instagram post, Megan later disputed this, stating she underwent surgery after suffering "gunshot wounds, as a result of a crime that was committed against [her] and done with the intention to physically harm [her]".

Spiro stated: "We have been made aware of manipulated text messages and invented email accounts that have been disseminated to the media in a calculated attempt to peddle a false narrative about the events that occurred".

[104] In an op-ed for The New York Times, published on October 13, 2020, Megan addressed the shooting further, writing: "Black women are still constantly disrespected and disregarded in so many areas of life.