“I started rapping because my mom died when I was about 11 years old, and I was a very rebellious kid. I've been kicked out of every school I've ever been in since 6th grade on, expelled and dropped out in the 11th grade. Music was the only thing that I could really use to express myself, so I started rapping.”

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.