Rapper Tory Lanez rushed to hospital after being stabbed 14 times in prison attack
He is serving 10 years for stabbing Megan Thee Stallion.
Rapper Tory Lanez, who is serving 10 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020, has been rushed to hospital after he was stabbed 14 times.
The hiphop artist, 32, was attacked by another inmate at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, north of Los Angeles, prison officials have told publications.
According to his social media page Lanez, real name Daystar Peterson, suffered two collapsed lungs and was placed on ‘breathing apparatus’.
His team confirmed he was stabbed a total of 14 times, including seven back wounds, four in his torso, two in the back of his head and one to the left side of his face.
He is now breathing on his own, his team say (Picture: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)He is now breathing on his own, according to his team, who also confirmed he is ‘talking normally’ now and in ‘good spirits’ despite being in pain.
The attack happened around 07.20am local time, Pedro Calderón Michel of the state’s corrections department told the BBC.
Prison staff performed first aid on the rapper before he was rushed to hospital, Michel added, confirming an investigation is underway.
TMZ reports that after he was transported to an off-site hospital, Lanez was airlifted to Kern Medical Hospital due to the seriousness of his condition after he was stabbed with a ‘prison shank’.
He was sentenced in 2023 for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020 (Picture: Savion Washington/Getty Images)In December 2022 a jury in LA found the Say It rapper guilty of three felonies after WAP musician Megan was shot in both feet.
The 30-year-old accused her former pal, 30, of being behind her injuries after she left a party in July, 2020.
She was left wounded after the shooting and needed to undergo surgery to remove bullet fragments from her feet.
Appearing in court, the Savage rapper – real name Megan Pete – became emotional as she recalled the shooting, telling the jury that she wished she hadn’t survived her ordeal.
The jury deliberated for one day in August 2023 before convicting Lanez of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
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