Canadian rapper Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison over shooting fellow musical artist Megan Thee Stallion during an argument in 2020.
The Canadian rapper was sentenced to prison, more than seven months after the incident. Judge David Herriford handed down the sentence to the 30-year-old rapper, during a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court that had been pushed back by delays.
On Dec. 23, a jury found Tory Lanez whose legal name is Daystar Peterson guilty of carrying a loaded and unregistered firearm in a vehicle, assault with a semiautomatic handgun, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
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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, who was born Megan Pete, needed surgery and spent four days in the hospital before physical therapy allowed her to walk again.
She did not attend the sentencing hearing, saying she could not bear to be in the same room as Lanez but wrote a statement that was read in court.
