“I ended up moving downtown with these three dudes that I didn't really know. I came into the house, and I didn't realize how things worked. From, like, 15-18, I was just fighting them. I fought, like, every day, and these were, like, older dudes. It was every man for himself.”

Canadian singer and rapper

Tory Lanez is the professional name of Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson, a Canadian singer and rapper. He is known for mixing R&B and hip-hop and for showing a flexible style across his music. He first drew attention after being discovered by Sean Kingston, and he gained early recognition with the mixtape Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story in August 2013. In 2015, he signed with Benny Blanco’s Mad Love Records, an imprint of Interscope Records.