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Although Tory Lanez’s career has continued to gain momentum during his incarceration, the rapper remains caught up in several serious challenges. His efforts to overturn his conviction were recently blocked by the California Supreme Court, and he is also still coping with the consequences of being stabbed in prison. Lanez launched a $100 million lawsuit in California over the attack in April, but the case has now encountered another obstacle.
Court documents submitted on July 29 show that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, known as CDCR, believes the federal court has no authority to hear claims against the agency. According to AllHipHop, CDCR is asking the judge to permanently dismiss Lanez’s complaint, meaning his attorneys would not be allowed to revise and submit it again.
The legal action stems from the May 2025 assault on Lanez while he was serving time at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi. Authorities claimed fellow prisoner Santino Casio used a makeshift weapon to stab the artist 16 times in the head, face, back and torso. Lanez suffered two punctured lungs and had to be flown to a Bakersfield hospital for emergency treatment. He was placed on a ventilator before eventually recovering.
Lanez later opened up about the emotional toll of the attack during an interview. “Truthfully, I’ve done my best to keep my head above water, but mentally, I’ve gone through trauma that I sometimes even struggle with,” Lanez shared.
Attorneys representing Lanez argue that prison authorities did not take proper steps to keep him safe, even though Casio reportedly had a lengthy record of violent behavior and disciplinary infractions while incarcerated. The lawsuit further claims officers were slow to intervene and did not use emergency procedures that may have reduced the severity of Lanez’s wounds.
In addition to the financial compensation being requested, Lanez’s lawyers claim officials took notebooks containing his unreleased songs and never gave them back.
CDCR argues that the federal civil rights law referenced in the lawsuit does not allow the agency to be named as a defendant. It also maintains that the Eleventh Amendment shields it from the federal and state claims included in Lanez’s complaint.
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in London, joined by IDLES and Kojey Radical. He later collaborated with Fred Again.. on the electronic track “Lights Burn Dimmer,” which incorporates and reshapes elements from Jamie’s 2023 song “Hippodrome.”
During a conversation with Radio 1 presenter Jack Saunders on Wednesday, Aug. 19, Jamie called the collaboration a “big deal” for him. “That song, when I wrote it, I hadn’t realised until I heard Fred’s version how much hope was in the lyrics. I felt quite emotional when I heard Fred’s version, and his spin on it. That was really helpful for me, as I wrote that song at quite a difficult time in my life. To see it turned into a more euphoric thing was really quite lovely.”
Jamie will offer an early taste of the new album during a small, exclusive performance at Scala in London on Thursday, Aug. 20. The concert will be his first headline appearance since playing to 40,000 people at Finsbury Park, although he made a short guest appearance with Fred Again.. in February during the producer’s USB002 tour run at Alexandra Palace.
After breaking through in 2007 with the Mercury Prize nominated Panic Prevention, Jamie went on to release another four studio records, with each reaching the top 10 of the Official U.K. Albums Chart. He has also appeared at Glastonbury Festival on several occasions, including his widely praised headline performance on the Woodsies Stage in 2022.
Check out “3310” below.
