Drake sparks social media backlash after ‘calling for release’ of Tory Lanez

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Drake has sparked a social media backlash after showing to name for the discharge of fellow rapper Tory Lanez.

Last August, Lanez, whose actual title is Daystar Peterson, was sentenced to 10 years in jail after being discovered responsible of capturing hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion.

This weekend, Drake shared a picture of Lanez on his Instagram reels, accompanied by the caption: “3 you”. The phrase is broadly understood as rhyming slang for “free you”.

The Independent has contacted Drake’s representatives for additional remark.

The put up has been closely criticised on-line, with one X/Twitter person writing: “I swear I don’t be lying to yall. Drake is a very specific and very blatant misogynist and his ‘Free Tory Lanez’ post is only further proof of where he is and may have always been.”

Another X/Twitter person wrote: “Drake, who arguably has one of the largest fanbases in hip-hop, has been actively galvanizing his fanbase of misogynistic men & male identified women to attack a [Black woman] who is a victim of gun violence for a year now, but they’ll still push the narrative that Megan is the problem.”

Another person added: “Drake is so pathetic. He always want to beef with women. He dgaf [doesn’t give a f***] about Tory, he just wanted an excuse to keep beefing with Megan cause he never bucks up to men.”

The capturing incident occurred after a 2020 get together within the Hollywood Hills.

In a 2022 trial in Los Angeles, a jury heard that Megan Thee Stallion was shot after she and Tory argued in his SUV after leaving a celebration on the home of Kylie Jenner.

Megan testified that the argument grew to become heated after they started attacking one another’s musical careers.

“I feel like that really rubbed him the wrong way,” she testified, in accordance with The Associated Press. “He kept yelling and cursing.”

Megan – actual title Megan Pete – advised the court docket that Lanez had shot a handgun in the direction of the again of her toes and advised her to “dance b****” after she bought out of his SUV and walked away from it.

She required surgical procedure to take away bullet fragments from her toes and claimed that Tory supplied her $1m to remain quiet in regards to the incident as he was on probation.

Following his conviction, Tory Lanez and his followers claimed a miscarriage of justice over his 10-year jail sentence. The Independent’s Nicole Vassell wrote that it’s about time Black ladies’s traumatic experiences have been taken significantly.