We all make mistakes when we’re drunk – texts we shouldn’t have sent, words we shouldn’t have said, people we shouldn’t have shot. Well rapper Tory Lanez has just been sentenced to 10 years after doing the latter at Kylie Jenner’s house party in the Hollywood Hills back in 2020; shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot following a drunken argument.
Recounting the incident in court, Megan said she left Jenner’s party in a vehicle with Lanez, his bodyguard and her friend. The pair, who were friends and had ‘an occasional sexual relationship’, started bantering each other and making digs about each other’s music and careers. “I feel like that really rubbed him the wrong way,” she said. “He kept yelling and cursing.”
Megan said she was wearing a bikini, but got out of the vehicle and tried to walk away. At that point, Lanez leaned out of the car, yelled “dance, b*tch, dance!” and started shooting at her feet. “I looked down at my feet, and I see all the blood,” she said. “Now everybody’s screaming. He looked shocked.”
Prosecutors had sought a 13-year-old sentence for Canadian rapper Lanez, saying he had shot Megan on a quiet residential street, and for waging “a campaign to humiliate and re-traumatise her” after the attack. Meanwhole, Lanez’s lawyers argued he should get probation and time in a drug treatment programme (lol, wishful thinking).
Megan Thee Stallion released the following statement since the verdict:
“As I reflect on the past three years, I view myself as a survivor, because I have truly survived the unimaginable.
Not only did I survive being shot by someone I trusted and considered a close friend, but I overcame the public humiliation of having my name and reputation dragged through the mud by that individual for the entire world to see.
For years, my attacker tried to leverage social media to take away my power. Imagine how it feels to be called a liar every day? Especially from a person who was once part of your inner circle.”
[The verdict] was a victory for every woman who has ever been shamed, dismissed, and blamed for a violent crime committed against them.”
Lanez had also offered her $1m (about £808,000) to keep quiet. A tempting offer, but apparently not enough to buy her silence. There was plenty of debate over whether Megan Thee Stallion was telling the whole truth about the incident, but it sounds like she’s been vindicated in the end. Which means Tory Lanez is an insane person who will literally shoot your feet off if you make fun of his music. Plenty of time for him to reflect on that over the next 10 years in prison.
For the time a fan threw their phone on stage at Megan Thee Stallion’s concert and received a close-up twerk video for their efforts, click HERE. Damn!
