45 Facts About Tory Lanez

Tory Lanez received initial recognition from the mixtape Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story, released in August 2013.

In 2015, Tory Lanez signed to record producer Benny Blanco's Mad Love Records through Interscope Records.

Tory Lanez received a Grammy Award nomination for his 2016 song "Luv" as well as four Juno Awards over his career.

On December 23,2022, Tory Lanez was convicted in the Los Angeles County Superior Court of three charges in relation to his attack on Megan Thee Stallion in 2020: assault with a semi-automatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.

Tory Lanez was afterwards sent to jail, and faces up to 22 years in prison.

Daystar's nickname "Tory Lanez" was given to him by Hakeem, as a comment on Daystar's thrill seeking tendencies, that sometimes saw him mucking around in the street, not looking for traffic and playing in the lanes.

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

In February 2010, Kingston contacted Tory Lanez, telling him to meet up with him, during Justin Bieber's tour and later got him to perform on there live.

In 2010, Tory Lanez released the mixtapes, Just Landed, One Verse One Hearse, Playing for Keeps and Mr 1 Verse Killah.

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

Tory Lanez later left the label to be an independent artist.

In 2012, Tory Lanez released the mixtape, Sincerely Tory, Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story in 2013, and Chixtape II in 2014.

On June 2,2014, Tory Lanez released the song, "Teyana", as a tribute to singer Teyana Taylor.

On June 6,2014, Tory Lanez released, "The Godfather", a song to announce that he was going to start a series called, Fargo Fridays, only releasing songs, albums, or videos on Fridays on HotNewHipHop.

Tory Lanez kicked off his first headlining tour, the "Lost Cause Tour", in conjunction with the mixtape Lost Cause.

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

On May 8,2015, Lanez released another song, titled "Ric Flair" featuring Rory Trustory.

On June 19,2015, Tory Lanez announced that the EP would be called, Cruel Intentions and released on June 26,2015.

On July 15,2015, Tory Lanez released the first single off his debut album, titled "Say It".

December 25,2015, Tory Lanez released the two mixtapes, Chixtape III and The New Toronto.

On March 4,2016, Tory Lanez released the song, "Tim Duncan" as a part of his Fargo Fridays series.

Tory Lanez released the song, "Real Addresses" the next week.

On May 6,2016, Tory Lanez released two songs, "For Real" and "Unforgetful" as a part of the Fargo Friday series.

On July 29,2016, Tory Lanez released the official second single "Luv" on iTunes.

Tory Lanez revealed that his album title would be I Told You.

On March 2,2018, Tory Lanez released his second studio album Memories Don't Die.

On March 20,2020, Tory Lanez teamed up with Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton for a remix of "Trust".

On May 14,2020, Tory Lanez released the single "Temperature Rising", via his own One Umbrella imprint, marking his first release as an independent artist, following his departure from Interscope Records.

On September 25,2020, Tory Lanez surprise-released his fifth album, Daystar, his first project since departing Interscope earlier the year.

In 2010, Tory Lanez posted a video on YouTube, challenging fellow Canadian rapper Drake, to whom he was rumored to be related.

Tory Lanez claimed that if Drake did not like it, he would personally give to him $10,000.

In October 2015, Tory Lanez created additional tension with the rapper when he expressed his dislike of the use of "the 6", a nickname for Toronto that had been popularized by Drake.

The tweet was not convincing to Tory Lanez, who responded to Jacquees with two choice emojis.

Tory Lanez did not respond to Jacquees, but told his fans to "advise that boy".

In November 2018, during an Instagram Live session, Tory Lanez claimed that he's a better rapper than American rapper Joyner Lucas.

Shortly after his beef with Joyner Lucas ensued, New York rapper Don Q dropped a battle track titled "I'm Not Joyner", alleging that Tory Lanez was stealing Q's lyrics.

Tory Lanez fired back with a track called "Dom Queen", before Q responded with another diss track.

Tory Lanez then challenged the entire Dreamville artist roster in response, with rappers including DreamDoll responding with their own tracks aimed at Tory Lanez.

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

Tory Lanez's team denied this, saying that they would investigate who was behind the fake emails and will take appropriate action.

In October 2020, Tory Lanez was officially charged with felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, personal use of a firearm, and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle.

Tory Lanez faced an allegation that he personally inflicted great bodily injury with a gun.

Tory Lanez was ordered to surrender any guns he owns.

On December 23,2022, Tory Lanez was convicted in a jury trial on three felony charges in respect to the shooting: assault with a semiautomatic handgun, having a loaded and unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and gross negligence in discharging his firearm.

Tory Lanez, who was tried in Los Angeles, was taken to jail immediately following the conviction.