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Rapper Tory Lanez has been found guilty of shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the foot after a 2020 party in the Hollywood Hills.<\/p>\n

The Canadian rapper, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, faces more than 20 years in prison after a Los Angeles jury convicted him of assault and weapons charges on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

A jury heard that Megan Thee Stallion was shot after she and Tory argued in his SUV after leaving a party at the house of Kylie Jenner.<\/p>\n

Megan, 27, tested that the argument became heated when they began attacking each other’s musical careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like that really rubbed him the wrong way,\u201d the \u201cSweetest Pie\u201d rapper testified, according to The Associated Press<\/em>. \u201cHe kept yelling and cursing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Megan \u2013 real name Megan Pete \u2013 told the Los Angeles court that Tory had shot a handgun towards the back of her feet and told her to \u201cdance b****\u201d after she got out of his SUV and walked away from it.<\/p>\n

She required surgery to remove bullet fragments from her feet and said that Tory offered her $1m to stay quiet about the incident as he was on probation.<\/p>\n

Tory’s lawyer claimed that the shots had actually been fired by Megan’s former best friend Kelsey Harris in a jealous fight between the two women over Peterson, and claimed he had tried to stop the shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cMegan Pete is a liar. She lied about everything in this case from the beginning,\u201d attorney George Mgdesyan said. \u201cShe lied under oath here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Harris has said that she did not fire the gun and that Tory was the shooter.<\/p>\n

Tory, who was wearing a pink coat and trousers and handcuffed in court, did not react as the verdict was read.<\/p>\n

But after the jury left the courtroom the rapper’s father shouted angrily at deputies.<\/p>\n

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Tory faces more than 20 years in prison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis wicked system stands judged before God almighty!\u201d he shouted, before calling the prosecutors \u201cevil, wicked people\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tory, 30, will be sentenced on 27 January.<\/p>\n

in a statement released after the verdict<\/a>Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n praised Megan’s \u201cbravery,\u201d and said that she \u201cshowed incredible courage and vulnerability\u201d despite \u201crepeated and grotesque attacks\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen, especially Black women, are afraid to report crimes like assault and sexual violence because they are too often not believed,\u201d Gasc\u00f3n said.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by The Associated Press.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n