Rapper Tory Lanez Attacked in California Prison as He Serves Time for Megan Thee Stallion Shooting

Rapper Tory Lanez Attacked in California Prison as He Serves Time for Megan Thee Stallion Shooting
Singer Tory Lanez returns to the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center for his trial, in Los Angeles on Dec. 13, 2022. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo
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LOS ANGELES—Rapper Tory Lanez was hospitalized after an attack Monday at a California prison where he’s serving a 10-year sentence for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet, authorities said.

Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was attacked at a housing unit at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, at about 7:20 a.m., Pedro Calderon Michel, spokesman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said in an email.