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Megan Thee Stallion’s Lawyer Responds To Tory Lanez’s Missing Gun Claims

October 29, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Major updates regarding the Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion shooting case continue to file in. According to Meghann Cuniff (via AllHipHop), the Houston rapper’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, has come forward to shoot down previous claims made by Lanez and his legal team. The latter had stated that the gun that was used to injure Megan went missing and therefore not able to run through DNA tests. That court filing was sent in earlier this month. “As the firearm is unavailable, this further testing is impossible. By failing to preserve the material and exculpatory evidence, the People have infringed on the Petitioner’s right under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to seek redress of Petitioner’s grievances through the judicial process.”

Lanez’s team continued to argue, “The Petitioner is entitled to challenge the legality of his confinement under the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause because of the People’s failure to preserve and present exculpatory evidence at trial and make available to the Petitioner post-trial.” Spiro spoke directly with Cuniff to disprove these claims, saying that the weapon was “there and available” at the Los Angeles Police Department.

Megan Thee Stallion’s Lawyer Discredits Tory Lanez’s Legal Team’s Claims

Megan Thee Stallion’s lawyer Alex Spiro says the gun Tory Lanez used to shoot her in 2020 is with the Los Angeles Police Department and available for DNA testing, despite his lawyers claiming otherwise in a new appellate filing.

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— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) October 29, 2024

If you remember, prior to these claims from Lanez and his team, he initially wanted to do DNA tests. They thought this would prove his innocence and place the blame at the feet of someone else. That someone else was a former friend of Megan’s, Kelsey Harris. Tory’s appeal for writ of habeas corpus is currently under consideration. The California Attorney General’s Office needing to make a decision on the petition by November 20.

What are your thoughts on Megan Thee Stallion’s lawyer speaking out against Tory Lanez’s missing gun claims? Do you think the Canadian rapper has any chance of getting out or reducing his sentence? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

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Tory Lanez’s Former Attorney Denies Allegation That She Has Roc Nation Ties

October 28, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Tory Lanez is not slowing down. The rapper has decided to keep his legal battle alive by going after his former attorney. He filed an ethics complaint against Shawn Holley on October 28. TMZ reports that the rapper is going after Holley on the grounds that she allegedly has business ties to Roc Nation. He claims Holley was actually serving the best interest of Megan Thee Stallion’s label, and not his own, during his trial. Holley has responded to these allegations, via reporter Loren Lorosa.

Lorosa, a former TMZ producer, took to Twitter to share Holley’s response. The attorney made it clear that she is not concerned with Tory Lanez’s allegations. In fact, she refuted some of the points that the rapper highlighted in his complaint. For one, Holley confirms that she is a co-producer on the TV series Reasonable Doubt. She noted, however, that the show has nothing to do with the Roc Nation brand. It shares the name of an album by Roc Nation co-founder, JAY-Z, but the connections end there. “Roc Nation has nothing to do with the television show Reasonable Doubt, which I co-produce,” she noted.

Tory Lanez Filed An Ethics Complaint Against Holley

Furthermore, Shawn Holley noted that Tory Lanez has attempted a similar legal process in the past. She claimed that the rapper tried to level the same accusations at her a year ago, but they did not stick. “Mr. Peterson made these claims over a year ago to the State Bar,” she explained. “Which rejected them and promptly closed the matter.” To leave absolutely no room for misinterpretation, Holley again announced: “I have never had business ties to Roc Nation.”

Holley bumped heads with Tory Lanez during the latter’s trial. Legal Affairs and Trials obtained an email exchange between the attorney and the rapper in which she voiced resistance to a defense he wanted to pursue. It has now become known as the “Kelsey defense.” Holley did not think it would be effective, and promptly quit as Tory Lanez’s legal representation. She explained in the aforementioned email she didn’t think the “Kelsey defense” was a viable strategy. Given that Lanez was ultimately sentenced to a decade in prison (with a different attorney), the apprehension on Holley’s part makes sense.

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Tory Lanez Files Ethics Complaint Against Former Attorney Over Alleged Roc Nation Ties

October 28, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Tory Lanez may be behind bars, but he isn’t done fighting. According to TMZ, the rapper filed an ethics complaint on Monday, October 28. The complaint is being leveled at Shawn Holley, a California attorney who briefly represented Lanez during his trial. The rapper feels as though he was not properly informed about Holley’s business associations prior to hiring her. Furthermore, Tory Lanez alleges that Holley purposely quit representing him without giving him enough time to find a replacement.

In the complaint obtained by TMZ, Tory Lanez points to Shawn Holley’s entertainment career. He noted that the attorney serves as a producer on the hit series Reasonable Doubt. Megan Thee Stallion’s song “Savage (Remix)” was featured in the second season. Lanez believes that Holley’s connections to Roc Nation and Megan Thee Stallion denotes a conflict of interest. especially since Megan was the person that Tory Lanez was convicted of shooting. The rapper’s complaint alleges that Holley had Roc Nation’s best interest in mind when she agreed to represent him.

Tory Lanez Wants His Attorney Fees Reimbursed

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Tory Lanez alleges that Holley withdrew when he refused to make a plea deal. The attorney walked away from Lanez a mere five days before he was sentenced. Lanez alleges that her official reason for quitting was due to a bribery, and the rapper claims that no such bribery took place. Shawn Holley, however, gave a different reason, according to Legal Affairs and Trials. The attorney claims that she quit after Lanez decided to go for the “Kelsey defense” in court. This defense posits that Megan Thee Stallion’s friend, Kelsey Harris, was the real shooter.

In an email obtained by Legal Affairs and Trials, Shawn Holley claimed that she not wish to pursue this angle. “I am not comfortable advancing the Kelsey Defense,’” she explained to Tory Lanez. “Primarily because I don’t find it to be a viable strategy.” Lanez wants the money he paid Holley to be returned. He also wants the attorney to be reprimanded by the California State Bar, according to TMZ. Holley has dismissed Lanez’s accusations as “meritless,” however. She told the outlet that the rapper tried and failed to level similar accusations a year ago.

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Tory Lanez’s Appeal Motion In Court Gets Crucial Clarifying Update

October 26, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Tory Lanez got a massive update in his search for an appeal over his conviction for shooting Megan Thee Stallion a couple of years ago. On Wednesday (October 23), his legal team filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which would basically result in a federal court’s deliberation and eventual ruling on whether or not the state is lawfully imprisoning an individual or not. Then, the court announced on Friday (October 25) that they will consider both this habeas corpus petition along with the Canadian artist’s pending appeal and a previous motion for writ of habeas corpus. The Attorney General will file a preliminary response to the current habeas corpus petition on or before November 20.

However, online sources alleged that this meant the appellate court deemed Tory Lanez as innocent, which is completely false according to journalist Meghann Cuniff. “All the court did was consolidate Lanez’s habeas petition and his actual appeal,” she explained on Twitter. “They haven’t ruled on anything yet and it’s pathetic that this trash website amplifies outright lies, even when the court document is right there staring everyone in the face.”

Tory Lanez’s Appeal Gets Cleared Up: See Thread

Just got home from the World Series and learned some people spent their Friday night spreading lies about Tory Lanez’s appeal for shooting Megan Thee Stallion.

No, the appellate court has not declared Lanez “innocent.” Not even close. pic.twitter.com/kVYRSSFfBM

— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) October 26, 2024

Furthermore, Meghann Cuniff also clarified that this is a wholly new writ of habeas corpus petition from Tory Lanez and his team. The one they filed last year about the driver in the Megan Thee Stallion incident’s statement reportedly never got a response from the Attorney General. On Monday (October 28), the actual new petition will most likely be available for everyone to see for themselves, according to Cuniff. Specifically, she pointed to the phrase “good reason appearing” as a possible reason for the Internet’s confusion and misinterpretation. The reporter clarified that this only means that the court finds that it’s important to consider both the appeal and the habeas corpus petition as a joint deliberation.

In addition, Meghann Cuniff also relayed that the Attorney General’s office already responded to Tory Lanez’s primary appeal motion. They once again called to attention a main piece of evidence against him: his phone call to Kelsey Harris from jail on July 12, 2020 after the Megan Thee Stallion shooting. We will see what the court concludes concerning these appeal and habeas corpus considerations.

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Appellate Court Seek To Reinvestigate Tory Lanez Case After Accepting Appeal

October 25, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Tory Lanez’s career was not looking good. The rapper was sentenced to a decade in prison for the shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, and is currently being held at California Correctional Institution. He had tried to keep his musical output going with the Prison Tapes series, but even those were cut short. Lanez seemed doomed to fade into irrelevance behind bars, but a major development surfaced on October 25. An L.A. Appellate Court has accepted Tory Lanez’s innocence claim, which means Lanez’s case could be reinvestigated.

DJ Akademiks obtained court documents confirming the accepted appeal. The acceptance means that the District Attorney will have two weeks to respond. If given the opportunity, however, investigators will take a second look at Lanez’s conviction. In particular, there will be an investigation into the allegation that the rapper was unfairly prosecuted. This has the potential to be life-changing for Lanez. The rapper was found guilty of first-degree assault with a firearm. He was also found guilty of discharge of a firearm with gross negligence. He will not be eligible for parole until September 2029.

Tory Lanez Has Maintained That He’s Innocent

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This is the first big development in the Tory Lanez case since July. The rapper’s former driver, Jauquan Smith, submitted an affidavit in which he claimed he didn’t actually see Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion. The defense council claimed that Smith was not allowed to testify during Lanez’s trial. They also felt the affidavit was reason enough to launch another trial. The California prosecutors contested this request, however. Michael C. Keller, the Deputy Attorney General, posited that Smith’s testimony would not have significantly changed the outcome of the trial.

“Defense counsel conceded that Smith would not have been a helpful witness,” Keller noted. “Because of his bias and the cumulative nature of his proffered testimony.” Tory Lanez has maintained that he is innocent, despite his conviction. Shortly before his decade-long sentence began, the rapper told fans that he was “wrongfully convicted.” He also refused to apologize to Megan Thee Stallion. “In no way shape or form was I apologizing for the charges I’m being wrongly convicted of,” he wrote. Time will tell if Lanez’s assertions are vindicated.

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Tory Lanez Officially Releases Prized 2016 Throwaways “Real Addresses” & “For Real” In Lost Tapes Format

October 25, 2024 by newhiphopnews

The FARGO FRIDAYS era for Tory Lanez was a special time. If you have been following the website closely, you may remember that it was a collaboration between us and the Canadian rapper and singer. It lasted for a few years, ultimately wrapping up in 2017 with “I Sip.” Overall, there are 36 songs in total and a lot of them are some of his fans’ favorites. One of them for sure is 2016’s “Real Addresses,” which made a massive splash on YouTube. It’s been floating around the internet since that time and on DSPs under a different user on Spotify.

But recently, Tory Lanez, through his weekly “Lost Tapes” series, has brought out “Real Addresses” officially. However, if you have been paying attention to this stretch of his career, you would know he gives his fans a twofer. The equally aggressive and hype “For Real” from 2016 is also a part of this drop. It’s a great time for his supporters, as they have been rejoicing online over this move to finally bring them out on DSPs. However, this weekend, he hasn’t dropped. Hopefully, this trend won’t continue, but we’d understand given Lanez’s circumstances. For now, revisit “Real Addresses” and “For Real” below.

“Real Addresses (Lost Tapes 2016)” & “For Real (Lost Tapes 2016)” – Tory Lanez

Quotable Lyrics From “Real Addresses”:

I see n****s get religious when their hell was comin’
I had to trust the plug sometimes I had no scale up on me
Whip a couple litres now
Trap house got too hot and now I’m trappin’ out my fiend’s house
Had to break the lease though
And I pay my little n**** just to watch out for police now

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Nicki Minaj Flat Out Denied Hiring Megan Thee Stallion’s Former Friend For A Loci Sneaker Campaign Despite It Being ‘Professional Looking’

October 8, 2024 by newhiphopnews

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Has Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion beef sneakily made its way into an entrepreneurial venture? Well, that’s what hip-hop head seemed to think. Earlier in the month, a campaign for Nicki Minaj’s sneaker line, Loci, went viral after users online noticed that it featured Megan Thee Stallion’s former friend, Kelsey Nicole.

However, on October 6, Nicki used downtime from Pink Friday 2 World Tour to address the growing backlash. In a post uploaded to X (formerly Twitter), Nicki slammed The Shade Room for promoting “a lie.”

“She posted a photo in my sneakers,” she wrote. “Me, nor my company knew anything about it until she posted it. So she did what many ppl did when they received my sneakers, they posted a photo in them.”

Nicki did extend compliments to the image. “Kelsey def went all the way out with this professional looking backdrop tho,” she wrote “But she is in no way professionally connected to my sneaker brand…Btw, did Kelsey not tell them she wasn’t modeling for the line Barbz? Did she just let them think that? I gotta get caught up y’all.”

Kelsey Nicole has since deleted the post. But that hasn’t stopped fans of both Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj from blasting her for seemingly attempting to add more fire to their longstanding feud.

Tory Lanez’s “The Godfather” Remains One Of His Best Cuts 10 Years Later

October 7, 2024 by newhiphopnews

This past weekend, Tory Lanez joined Travis Scott in rereleasing a 10-year-old mixtape. For the Canadian it came in the form of dropping Lost Cause onto DSPs. Fans of his know that this project is very important to his catalog, and it’s also one of his earliest. It’s a pretty foundational piece to the singer, rapper, and producer’s identity, and it pretty much helped springboard him to stardom. Besides that, the tape just means a lot to Tory overall. He was struggling financially at that the time and Trina was there to help in so many ways, including with this project. We are happy its officially here and it’s been fun to revisit it.

One of the tracks that we still enjoy thoroughly to this day from Tory Lanez on it is “The Godfather.” It’s a terrific closer and we feel it more than holds a candle to the rest of hits. In addition to it being a great song about his come up, this track also has a cool connection to HNHH. If you aren’t familiar, the site had a huge hand in helping Tory release his “Fargo Fridays” series. “The Godfather” was a track that was a part of that collaboration with us, so it also some sentimental value to us. But bias aside, it’s just a powerful moment in his catalog and an important one at that.

“The Godfather” – Tory Lanez

Quotable Lyrics:

We was just some little n****s
On and off the corner, just wanna be a baller
But I was just a little n****, just a little n****
And I hit me a lil’ lick, same day I got rich
Then I drop six hundred, told them b****es, “I’m big homie”
Told them n****s they done turn me to the old me

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Tory Lanez Reissues One Of His Foundational Projects In “Lost Cause”

October 4, 2024 by newhiphopnews

The theme for Tory Lanez in 2024 has been to revisit the good ole’ days. What we mean is that the Canadian rapper, singer, and producer has treated longtime fans to some of his older works that never got official releases. It started in early July with him dropping off “Lost Tapes” from various points in his over 10-year career. Just a few weeks later, Tory decided to give all of these songs a home on his “Free Tory Playlist”, which he announced via a prison phone call. In addition to that, “The Color Violet” MC would reveal that he was going to include some new songs from behind bars via the “Prison Tapes”. Sadly, they are currently discontinued until further notice. But this setback hasn’t deterred Tory Lanez because he’s still giving the people what they want with material like Lost Cause.

OG supporters will know what this is. But for those that don’t, this a 2014 mixtape that also never got to see the light of day on DSPs. It’s one of his earliest projects and in listening to it, you can certainly see how this helped lay the groundwork for what we know Tory’s sound to be today. That being the mixture of rap and R&B with some hints of alternative R&B. Lanez announced its rerelease in pretty emotional fashion on IG earlier this week by thanking Trina for helping make his music dreams reality. Check out the 10-year-old release (as of October 1), now.

Lost Cause – Tory Lanez

Lost Cause Tracklist:

Grandma’s Crib
Mama Told Me
Dry Your I’s
A Week Straight
Gold
With It (We Did It)
Selfish (York University)
I-95
Priceless
The Mission
Henny In Hand
The Godfather

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Tory Lanez Shows Love To Trina For Launching His Career While Announcing Rerelease Of Old Mixtape

October 2, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Making a massive impact in music is certainly a tall task. If the artist is driven enough, they are going to do everything they possibly can to make their dreams a reality. Sometimes, up and coming artists have to fend for themselves and go lone wolf. For Tory Lanez, it was certainly trending that way for some time. About a decade ago, the Canadian rapper was having to sleep in his old girlfriend’s car and his manager’s couch due to his financial struggles. Unfortunately, Tory’s girl broke things off with him, so he was having to find a new temporary place to stay.

That’s when Trina came through for then young and bubbling talent, according to a recent inspirational IG post (via AllHipHop). For Tory, the story goes, “I remember showing her the song for ‘Godfather’. She looked at me and said, ‘That’s the song that’s going to get you a deal’. She put five bands up and helped me get the video shot. Coincidentally, the same director from that video, shot another video from the project for free. That video ended up being ‘Henny in Hand’. Two months later, Interscope watched both videos and couldn’t believe it was the same person on both songs. That led to me getting signed and the rest was history”.

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Because of Trina’s unwavering support and generosity, Tory was able to build out his sound and brand. It’s part of the reason why the now star multi-talent is also revealing the rerelease of the mixtape in which those two songs land on. That project is Lost Cause and it’s coming on October 1, which is the day it turns 10. On top of that incredible news, Tory will also be continuing this reissuing run moving forward. “This will be the first of many classic mixtapes of mine that I will officially release on DSPs now that I am INDEPENDENT!!!”.

What are your thoughts on Tory Lanez divulging that Trina was helping him throughout the early stages of his career? Are you excited about the rerelease of his Lost Cause mixtape, why or why not? Have you ever heard this project? If so, what are your favorite tracks? We would like to hear what you have to say, so leave your thoughts in the comments. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Tory Lanez and Trina. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the world of music.

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