Tory Lanez has unveiled the title, cover art and release date for his next commercial album – recorded fully from behind bars.
Taking to Instagram on Tuesday (March 4), the Toronto native announced that Peterson (which is his last name) will arrive in just a few days on Friday (March 7) and will be a sequel to his 2020 album, Daystar (his first name).
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“Dear 2025 … This COMEBACK is PERSONAL,” he wrote in the caption. “ALBUM NAME – PETERSON. SEQUEL OF – DAYSTAR. FRIDAY !”
The cover art features a photo of a shirtless Tory, seemingly from prison. You can view it below.
In a call into the Full Send podcast in February, Tory Lanez, currently serving a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion, described the forthcoming album as “the first ever in-real-time prison album. An album that’s recorded in prison, for prisoners, by a prisoner in real time as a prisoner is going through his real-time sentence. And it’s professional. It’s going to sound exactly like a Tory Lanez album.”
He continued: “But just, the pain is there, the hunger is there. You know, the tears, the cries are there. It’s a lot of emotion into it, but it’s the first ever professionally recorded prison album. This has never been done before.”
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According to TMZ, Lanez was laying down a verse for a track last month when a prison riot broke out around him.
The tabloid obtained footage of the alleged incident, which sees Lanez rapping as a massive brawl breaks out behind him.
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Lanez was forced to abandon the recording session as prison officers dispensed pepper spray to disperse the melee.
The Canadian rapper previously had his recording equipment seized by prison guards during a raid on his cell.
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The news was shared by Ceasar McDowell, CEO of Unite the People and chief deputy on Tory’s legal team, who was informed by prison officials that inmates are strictly forbidden from having recording devices for various reasons.
Lanez later hit out at officials for taking his equipment.
In an Instagram post, he wrote: “The rumors are true. The Prison Tapes will be discontinued until further notice. However, I think it’s important that my fans know the truth about the crooked ass shit that’s really going on here. My cell was not raided and trashed because I learned how to record myself in prison or because I created The Prison Tapes. I was shut down because the ‘HIGHER UPS’ figured out what I was really doing with The Prison Tapes, and how many inmates were being helped in a life-changing way because of them.
“Since the first day I was incarcerated, all I’ve seen is blacks and other minorities receive the most cruel, illegal, and unfair punishment/treatment. For so many nights, I asked God to reveal his purpose in making me go through the ills of the prison system. I was later shown that purpose. I was placed in jail to suffer, to feel, and to witness firsthand the pain and oppression being inflicted upon the young black and brown men and women of my generation. I knew I had to change this injustice.
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“So, I made a plan that when I got to prison, I would figure out a way to record music and put all the proceeds towards the legal representation of my fellow inmates, giving them a once in a lifetime chance to go home to their families on appeal and resentencing. Although the ‘HIGHER UPS’ have stopped The Prison Tapes temporarily, they were too late to stop my overall plan. Since the month of July, I’ve afforded legal representation for 472 inmates and actively reopened 476 cases.”
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