sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion in the feet in 2020.“I have never let a hard time intimidate me.
I will never never let no jail time eliminate me,” the “Say It” rapper, 31, started a lengthy Instagram statement Thursday. “Regardless of how they try to spin my words, I have always maintained my innocence and I always will.”He continued: “This week in court I took responsibility for all verbal and intimate moments that I shared with the parties involved… that’s it.”“In no way shape or form was I apologizing for the charges I’m being wrongfully convicted of.
I remain on the stance that I refuse to apologize for something that I did not do,” Lanez added.The “What’s Poppin” rapper continued that he’s always “faced adversity my whole life” and that his sentence is “nothing but another moment where my back is against the wall and I refuse to stop fighting till I come out victorious.”“Tough times don’t last, tough people do,” he stated before signing off with a “thank you” to his supporters.The Post has contacted reps for Lanez and Megan, 28, for comment.
Lanez fired a gun at the back of Megan’s feet and shouted for her to dance in an argument that ensued after a party at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home on July 12, 2020.He was convicted in December of three felonies: assault with a semiautomatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.He spoke for several minutes at his sentencing hearing Tuesday, calling Megan “someone I still care for dearly to this day.”“We both lost our mothers.
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