A message posted on the rapper’s Instagram account Monday evening provided new details about the attack Lanez suffered at a California prison.
WASHINGTON — Canadian rapper Tory Lanez has been hospitalized after he was stabbed by another inmate at a California prison, according to multiple media reports.
Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, was attacked at a housing unit at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, at about 7:20 a.m., Pedro Calderon Michel, spokesman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said in an email to the Associated Press.
While authorities didn’t specify how Lanez was attacked, several outlets, including the L.A. Times reported he was stabbed by a fellow inmate with a self-made shank.
“Despite being in pain, he is talking normally, in good spirits, and deeply thankful to God that he is pulling through,” the post said, adding Lanez was stabbed in his back, torso, head and face.
TMZ, which firstreported the news, said Lanez was rushed …