LOS ANGELES — Jury selection in the trial of Tory Lanez is set to begin on Monday as the rapper faces charges for allegedly shooting and injuring hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion on July 12, 2020 in the Hollywood Hills.
Opening statements and testimony are expected to begin on Dec. 12, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office told ABC News.
Megan Thee Stallion, a Grammy-winning rapper who is known for chart-topping hits like"Savage" and"WAP" with Cardi B, first spoke out about the shooting in a since-deleted July 15, 2020 Instagram post, but she did not name Lanez as her alleged shooter until months later and said that she had initially tried to protect him.
"I ain't do it," he claims on the the album's opening song,"Money Over Fallouts," and claims,"Megan people tryna frame me for a shootin'." Since sharing her story Megan has faced intense public vitriol and attacks on social media, with fans questioning her account, accusing her of lying and even making jokes about her injury.
"This b---- lie about getting shots, but she still a stallion / She don't even get the joke but she still smiling," Drake raps in the song,"Circo Loco," featuring 21 Savage, which appears on his newest album,"Her Loss."
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