Rapper Tory Lanez stabbed in California prison

Rapper Tory Lanez has been taken to infirmary aft helium was stabbed astatine a California prison, authorities corrections officials said.

The Canadian hip-hop creator was attacked by different inmate connected Tuesday greeting successful a lodging portion astatine the California Correctional Institution successful Tehachapi, astir 75 miles (120km) northbound of Los Angeles.

Prison unit "responded, activated 911 and began aesculapian aid" earlier Lanez, 31, was taken to a section aesculapian installation for further treatment, said Pedro Calderón Michel of the state's corrections department.

Lanez, whose ineligible sanction is Daystar Peterson, is serving a 10-year situation condemnation for shooting chap instrumentalist Megan Thee Stallion astatine a enactment successful 2020.

No accusation was provided connected Lanez's condition, but media reports bespeak his injuries were non-life threatening.

An probe is underway into the stabbing, which happened astatine astir 07:20 section clip (15:20 GMT), Mr Calderón Michel told the BBC. He did not remark connected the attacker's motive.

Lanez was sentenced successful 2023 for 3 felony gun-related charges, including battle with a semi-automatic firearm.

He changeable Megan Thee Stallion, existent sanction Megan Pete, arsenic they were leaving a excavation enactment astatine world prima Kylie Jenner's Hollywood mansion.

The brace argued wrong a conveyance astir their erstwhile intersexual narration and insulted each different implicit their careers, Megan Thee Stallion testified during the trial.

She said she had demanded to beryllium fto retired of the vehicle, astatine which constituent Lanez started shooting astatine the crushed and shouted astatine her to "dance".

She required country to region slug fragments from her foot.

Lanez refused to apologise and maintained his innocence successful the shooting.

The lawsuit divided the hip-hop satellite with rappers - including 50 Cent and Iggy Azalea appearing to instrumentality sides successful the conflict. Some of them wrote to the tribunal to inquire for leniency successful Lanez's sentencing.

Lanez had 7 US apical 10 albums successful the 7 years earlier his conviction. He has teased the merchandise of a caller upcoming album from situation titled Peterson.