Ombre2Choc Nation, Tory Lanez

Tory Lanez is among the most successful artists bouncing between and fusing rap and R&B. With numerous mixtapes, guest appearances, and self-directed videos, the rapper, singer, and songwriter made steady strides toward the mainstream during the first half of the 2010s, moving from swift and rugged verses for the streets to smooth and sensitive hooks for the bedroom. His first proper album, I Told You (2016), proved to be his breakthrough, a Top Ten hit in his native Canada and the U.S., and the source two multi-platinum hits: the slow jam "Say It" and the Grammy-nominated, dancehall-flavored "Luv." All of Tory's subsequent commercial mixtapes and albums through Daystar (2020) have entered the Canadian and U.S. charts within the Top Ten.

Born Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson in Brampton, Ontario, Tory Lanez spent parts of his early life in Toronto, Montreal, Miami, Atlanta, and New York