“I just freestyle. I don't actually write the words on paper. It's just whatever comes into my mind. I'll record three or four lines at a time, get a good take, and do three or four more. It may be whatever comes into my mind. But I care about my craft a lot more than a lot of other people.”

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.