Tory Lanez Stabbed in California Prison Attack

Tory Lanez Stabbed In California Prison Attack

Yes, you read that right.

Tory Lanez, the Canadian rapper best known for catchy hooks and courtroom headlines, was stabbed fourteen times at a California state prison. The attack went down early Sunday morning at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, and it sounds like something straight out of a crime thriller.

Sources including NPR and AP News confirm that Lanez, real name Daystar Peterson, was ambushed by another inmate while in the housing unit. The alleged attacker? A 42-year-old lifer named Santino Casio — already behind bars for second-degree murder and apparently not one to keep the peace.

The details are brutal. Lanez was stabbed in the head, neck, chest, and back. Both lungs collapsed. It’s a miracle he survived.

Prison officials moved fast. Medical teams stabilized Lanez and airlifted him to a hospital in Bakersfield. According to People, he’s now breathing on his own, in fair condition, and — in true Tory Lanez fashion — reportedly in good spirits.

Casio, the suspect, has been transferred to restricted housing while the California Department of Corrections and Kern County D.A. dig into what happened. As of now, no word on charges, but an investigation is in full swing.

Lanez is currently serving a 10-year sentence for shooting rapper Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. He was convicted in 2022 and has been trying to appeal the sentence ever since.

This stabbing is the kind of plot twist even Hollywood wouldn’t dare write — and yet, here we are.