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Originally reported on Hip Hop Wired
On Friday (Dec. 23), a Los Angeles jury found rapper and singer Tory Lanez, born Daystar Peterson, guilty of shooting Meg Thee Stallion. The Canadian rapper and singer is facing up to 20 years and deportation, when he is sentenced.
The now infamous incident occurred after Lanez and Meg attended a party held by Kylie Jenner. During an argument over their respective careers, which also included Meg Thee Stallion’s former friend Kelsey Harris, it was the former who ended up shot in both feet.
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A trial that was closely watched by the social media peanut gallery, and elicited plenty of sexist commentary and gossip aimed at Meg, has culminated in Lanez being found guilty of assault with a semiautomatic handgun, carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle and discharging a firearm with gross negligence; all of which after felonies. Lanez will be sentenced in late January.
Reports the New York Times:
Jurors reached a verdict after about seven hours of deliberation across two days, following a trial that lasted nearly two weeks. Mr. Lanez, who had been free on bail during the trial following a period of house arrest, was immediately taken into custody. Sentencing was scheduled for Jan. 27.
Megan Thee Stallion was not present in court. As the verdict was read, Mr. Lanez appeared motionless and stared straight ahead until his father stood up and began shouting at the judge and prosecutors. “God will judge you,” he said, as bailiffs moved to block his path.
Will the jury’s decision vindicate Meg Thee Stallion in the eyes of her most adamant haters? Probably not, but their already weak arguments that found her accused of being a liar and called everything but a child of God look all the more ridiculous.
In hindsight, this tweet from Lanez didn’t age well.
Me at my house …. watching niggas on Twitter celebrating and thinking I’m going to jail 🤣😂 ……… pic.twitter.com/M8KZW4XHcg
— Tory Lanez (@torylanez) September 23, 2021
Twitter has been at it with all the hot takes since the ruling, and we’ve compiled some of the more stirring reactions in the gallery.
A jury has convicted Tory Lanez of all three charges for the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. A crazy and downright scary scene in the courtroom as his father and stepmother screamed about wicks injustice.
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) December 23, 2022
This story is developing.
Tory Lanez was about to buy NBC.
— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) December 23, 2022
Too many ppl ridiculed Megan. They attempted to justify their bullying with “the truth will come out in court!”. Well the truth is out. Based on testimony and evidence, Tory Lanez has been found guilty. Will ppl be as loud with their apologies as they were with their belittling?
— TONI TONE (@t0nit0ne) December 23, 2022
Me at my house …. watching niggas on Twitter celebrating and thinking I’m going to jail 🤣😂 ……… pic.twitter.com/M8KZW4XHcg
— Tory Lanez (@torylanez) September 23, 2021
Anyways — I hope Tory Lanez goes to jail and Meg goes on vacation, deletes Twitter off her phone and never sees the disgusting shit y’all are tweeting about her
— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) December 23, 2022
Tory Lanez father’s reaction to the GUILTY verdict.
pic.twitter.com/kjibUDhKPS— Rap Alert (@rapalert1OO) December 23, 2022
The only helpful thing to come out of Tory Lanez trial is that it revealed all the misogynist men and the dimwitted women who uplift them—so we know exactly who to stay very far away from.
— Olayemi Olurin (@msolurin) December 23, 2022
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