Tory Lanez
Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He received initial recognition from the mixtape Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story, released in August 2013. In 2015, Tory Lanez signed to record producer Benny Blanco’s Mad Love Records through Interscope Records. In 2018, Lanez released his second and third studio albums, Memories Don’t Die and Love Me Now? His fourth studio album Chixtape 5 peaked at no 2 on the US Billboard 200.
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Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He received initial recognition from the mixtape Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story, released in August 2013. In 2015, Tory Lanez signed to record producer Benny Blanco’s Mad Love Records through Interscope Records. Lanez’ debut studio album, I Told You, included the singles, \”Say It\” and \”Luv\”, which peaked at number 23 and 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 respectively. In 2018, Lanez released his second and third studio albums, Memories Don’t Die and Love Me Now? His fourth studio album Chixtape 5 peaked at no 2 on the US Billboard 200. The following year, he released his fifth studio album Daystar. Daystar also goes by the name Argentina Fargo. Daystar was born on July 27, 1992 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, to a Bajan father, Sonstar, and a mother from Curaçao, Luella. His mother died due to a rare disease, and his father began working as an ordained minister and missionary, causing them to move frequently throughout the U.S. He was sent to live with his cousin Dahir Abib, Orane Forrest, in Jamaica, Queens, New York because of his behavior issues. In 2006, he was forced to return to Toronto with his grandmother. He then once again started rapping, before giving himself a nickname, Notorious, and adopted into his new moniker \”Tory Lanez\”.
At the age of 16, Daystar dropped out of the tenth grade, and he would begin performing songs at the outdoor concerts. In 2011, he signed a record deal with Kingston’s Time is Money Entertainment, and released the mixtapes Mr. Swavey and Chavey. He later left the label to be an independent artist. On June 2, 2014, Tory lanez released the song “These Things Happen with G-E-azy and Rockie Fresh” on the episode of the show Public Announcement of the Swavement, which airs on TLC at 9pm ET/PT. In February 2010, Sean Kingston contacted Lanez, telling him to meet up with him, during Justin Bieber’s tour and later got him to perform on there live. In 2010, LaneZ released themixtape Just Landed, One Verse One Hearse, Playing for Keep and Verse Killah, and Chixtape II in April 2014. He also released the album T. L 2 T. O. O in 2010, which included the song “Just Landed’s” “I’m a Canadian dude, walking around America. When you look at me, it’s like looking at foreign money. So I call myself Argentina Fargo—like foreign money’”. Among his musical inspirations growing up Lanez cites Brandy and Ray J.
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