

On June 2, 2014, Lanez released the song, "Teyana", as a tribute to singer Teyana Taylor. In April 2014, Tory released two episodes of the "Public Swave Announcement", of behind the scenes of the "These Things Happen Tour" with G-Eazy and Rockie Fresh. In 2012, Tory Lanez released the mixtape, Sincerely Tory, Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story in 2013, and Chixtape II in 2014. He later left the label to be an independent artist. In 2011, Lanez signed a record deal with Kingston's Time is Money Entertainment and released the mixtapes, Mr. In 2010, Lanez released the mixtapes, Just Landed, One Verse One Hearse, Playing for Keeps and Mr. In February 2010, Kingston contacted Lanez, telling him to meet up with him, during Justin Bieber's tour and later got him to perform on there live. Sean Kingston was interested in Lanez after seeing a video of him freestyling over Lloyd Banks' "Beamer, Benz, or Bentley". While Lanez lived in South Florida, he began directing some of his music videos, and posted them on his YouTube channel. In 2009, Tory Lanez released his debut mixtape T.L 2 T.O. So I call myself Argentina Fargo-like foreign money." Among his musical inspirations growing up Lanez cites Brandy and Ray J. When you look at me, it's like looking at foreign money. I’m a Canadian dude, walking around America. In an interview, he said "When I put foreign and banking together, it's like foreign money.

Daystar also goes by the name Argentina Fargo. However, he had never received any vocal training. At the age of 17, Daystar began singing, which he found an interest in. At the age of 16, Daystar dropped out of the tenth grade, and he would begin performing songs at the outdoor concerts. He then once again started rapping, before giving himself a nickname, Notorious (which is a reference to the late rapper Notorious B.I.G., whom he idolized), and adopted into his new moniker "Tory Lanez". It changed the person that I am today", he says. That's what made me a man, having to fend for myself and being in a situation where there is no dad, no grandma and no mom to help you.

From like fifteen to eighteen, I was just fighting them. I came into the house and I didn't realize how things worked. "I ended up moving downtown with these three dudes that I didn't really know. Since she refused to take care of him, he was on his own at the age of 15. Daystar then was forced to return to Toronto with his grandmother.

Police responded to reports of shots fired from or around an SUV.In 2006, he was sent to live with his cousin Dahir Abib, Orane Forrest, in Jamaica, Queens, New York because of his behavior issues. Tory, Megan and another friend had been party hopping in the Hollywood Hills early on July 12. In his words, "None the less s**t should have never happened and I can't change what did. In the text, Tory never references "shooting" or a gun, but it is clear he did something he regrets. He wrote, "I know u prolly never gone talk to me again, but I genuinely want u to know I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart." roughly 15 hours after she claims Tory shot her in her feet, and in it, he's begging for forgiveness. TMZ has seen the text Megan got on the evening of July 12. Tory Lanez allegedly opened fire on Megan Thee Stallion because he was wasted - that's what he claimed in a text sent to her shortly after the bloody incident.
