Tory

Drake compels the masses like a seasoned advertising director. He knows sharing something as simple as a new hairdo will strangle social media for days on end. So when he called for Tory Lanez’s freedom on his Instagram story, he knew it would garner similar visibility as activists screaming “Free Meek Mill” from the streets of Philadelphia. On Monday, Drake posted a picture of Tory and “3 You,” a version of “Free You” where the three were set to represent open handcuffs.  “Free is standard cultural parlance in…

Drake is continuing to stand by Tory Lanez amid the rapper’s attempt to appeal his sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion, this time calling for Lanez’s freedom. On Monday, Drake posted a photo of the rapper, who is currently in prison for shooting Megan in 2020, with the caption, “3 you,” a slang term for “free you,” with the number 3 symbolizing open handcuffs. Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison in August, nearly eight months after he was found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in her feet.…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEli Roth’s parents knew their son was different when he asked to be sawn in half for his barmitzvah. “They couldn’t have been more supportive,” says the gore-fixated director, who grew up to make Y2K splatter classics such as Hostel and Cabin Fever. “In fact, my parents were worried about me , because I never did anything wrong. I was the model kid. I was the camp counsellor. I was the…

In the early 1900s, the Conservative and Unionist party’s mounting panic about defeat by the Liberals led it into a familiar place: the gutter, from where it repeatedly warned of the danger posed by people entering the UK from abroad. “The whole scum of Europe may come to this country,” said one particularly charming pamphlet, “by merely concocting stories about being political or religious ‘refugees’, however improbable their stories.”A century on, this particular song remains much the same. As opinion polls and local…

Tory Lanez will likely spend at least nine years behind bars after being convicted in the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, per Deputy Los Angeles County District Attorney Alexander Bott.Bott made this prediction while speaking with reporters on Tuesday afternoon, as seen in the below clip shared by Meghann Cuniff, a leading legal affairs journalist who has extensively covered the case.“The sentencing range on this case is roughly nine years all the way up to 22 years and eight months,” Bott told reporters, adding…

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Tuesday denied a motion for a new trial for rapper Tory Lanez, who was convicted of three felonies in December for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet and wounding her. Judge David Herriford rejected arguments by lawyers for Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, that evidence was wrongly admitted at the trial he presided over. He said the exclusion of the disputed evidence would not have made a difference at the trial. Peterson, 30, will now be sentenced…

After several hearings across multiple days, Tory Lanez ​​​​​​’s request for a new trial was denied on Tuesday by Judge David Herriford, a source confirmed to Complex. The Canadian artist was previously found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion.Legal affairs journalist Meghann Cuniff noted that the proceedings regarding Lanez’s motion were moved to a different floor of the court building on Monday for “extra security.” The reason behind the decision was apparently because of rampant “online speculation” regarding the…

Lil Duval has wondered what Tory Lanez has been doing with his hairline since he was sent to prison in December 2022.The question was asked earlier this week when the Jacksonville, Florida comedian took to his Twitter and pondered on Tory’s hairline. For years, the “Talk To Me” rapper embraced his hair loss and took measures to prevent it from falling out more such as regrowing his hairline.However, now that Tory is incarcerated, he doesn’t have the same means to take care of his scalp as he once did on the outside, and…

Ahead of his hearing next month in an effort to get a new trial, rapper Tory Lanez has shared an open letter addressed to Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, once again claiming his innocence in the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.“Today I take a stance as an innocent Black man, wrongfully convicted of a crime I did not commit,” Lanez wrote in the letter, shared on Instagram. “I’ve watched 2 district attorneys from your office by the names of Kathy Ta and Alex Bott unlawfully misuse their authority to hide and…

Megan Thee Stallion has written an essay addressing the gun violence she suffered at the hands of rapper Tory Lanez, the toll the trial took on her and how she’s putting her mental health first moving forward.In an essay published Tuesday in Elle, , the singer — born Megan Pete — broke her silence following the trial in which Lanez, a Canadian rapper whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was found guilty of shooting her in the foot. The incident happened in July 2020 after the two left a party at the at the Hollywood…