Tory Lanez was sitting in this bare-bones interview room at the California Men’s Colony, wearing an ordinary white t-shirt, chatting with NBC News’ Chloe Melas. It was his first time on camera since he got locked up more than two years back. The whole thing dropped in mid-December 2025, giving folks a straight-up glimpse of the rapper speaking from prison.
A tweet from X.
During the sit-down, Lanez didn’t hold back on his denials.
“I’ve never laid a hand on a woman in violence,”
he said straight out.
“Hitting a woman? Shooting one? No way that’s me.”
He stuck to his guns about being innocent in that 2020 mess with Megan Thee Stallion, claiming,
“Not only do I think I was wrongfully convicted, but all this new evidence that’s popped up since the trial… it’s just piling on.”
He brought up some supposed hidden medical docs that he says poke holes in the bullet fragment story. Lanez also mentioned regretting not taking the stand maybe things would’ve gone differently if he had. Oh, and he opened up about getting stabbed bad in prison back in May 2025, with over a dozen cuts, lungs collapsing, almost kicking the bucket. These are just his words, though no outside checks here.
But flip to the court side, and it’s a whole different picture. It all went down July 12, 2020, after some Hollywood Hills bash. Megan testified that Lanez yelled “Dance!” and shot at her feet while she was walking off from the SUV. Docs from the hospital backed it up with bullet bits in her feet, leading to surgery. In December 2022, an L.A. jury nailed him on three felonies: assault with a semi-auto gun, having a loaded unregistered piece in the car, and firing it negligently. Come August 2023, the judge slapped him with 10 years. Appeals? Yeah, one got shot down by a California court in November 2025. Verdict’s still solid that’s the law talking.
That stabbing in May 2025 at the Tehachapi spot ramped up the drama. Some dude named Santino Casio jumped him, leaving 14 wounds, and they moved Lanez to California Men’s Colony to keep him safe. It kicked off a bunch of chatter online, with some people feeling bad for him. Over on X, fans are still hashing out the original case, nitpicking things like how quick Megan bounced back or old claims against Lanez. On the flip side, detractors point right to the trial evidence and what the victim said, showing how divided everyone stays.
This interview’s got people talking again nationwide about celeb accountability, violence against women, and the messy vibes in hip-hop. Opinions are all over: some want him out yesterday, others back the jury’s call. Legally, though, it’s locked in. The whole saga just shows how these big trials clash with what the public thinks, but courtroom facts? They don’t fade.
