Tory Lanez, the Canadian rapper convicted of shooting US artist Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during a drunken dispute after a Hollywood party, was sentenced to ten years in jail on Tuesday.
After hearing how Lanez had commanded the hip-hop star to “Dance, bitch” as he shot at her several times while she stood on the road, a Los Angeles judge handed down the sentence.
Lanez was sentenced in December after being convicted of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, discharging a firearm with gross negligence, and carrying a loaded, unlicensed firearm in a vehicle.
Prosecutors had asked for a 13-year term, claiming Lanez had left physical and emotional scars on the “WAP” singer.
Lanez’s counsel had requested for probation or three years in prison, as well as obligatory rehab, including treatment for alcoholism.
Judge David Herriford said in a lengthy sentence hearing that began Monday that he had received more than 70 letters on Lanez’s behalf, including from celebrity pals.
One came from singer Iggy Azalea, who asked for a sentence that was “transformational, not life-destroying.”
Another was sent in by Lanez’s young son.
However, Lanez, who has been imprisoned since his conviction, was sentenced to ten years in prison.
He stated that the prosecution had established two aggravating factors, involving the use of a weapon and a particularly vulnerable victim, but had failed to establish that the offense constituted a significant degree of cruelty, viciousness, or callousness.
Megan Thee Stallion, actual name Megan Pete, was in a car with Lanez, his bodyguard, and her friend Kelsey Harris after a July 2020 party at Kylie Jenner’s luxurious home.
She and Lanez — whose real name is Daystar Peterson — had developed an intimate relationship in the months before the incident.
Harris, who only learned of the sexual relationship that night, had a “crush” on Lanez, she told the court, and an argument then erupted in the car, with Megan Thee Stallion demanding to be let out of the vehicle.
