Tory Lanez is preparing to release his first full-length album from prison, Peterson, which is set to drop on Friday, March 7. The Toronto rapper made the announcement via Instagram on Tuesday (March 4), revealing the cover art alongside a message about his comeback.
“Dear 2025 … This COMEBACK is PERSONAL,” he wrote. “ALBUM NAME – PETERSON. SEQUEL OF – DAYSTAR. FRIDAY!”
The album serves as a follow-up to his 2020 project Daystar and marks a historic effort—Lanez claims it is the first professionally recorded album created from within a prison, offering raw and unfiltered emotions from his current reality.
An Album Created in Real-Time From Prison
Lanez, who is serving a 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020, recently spoke about the album’s significance during a call into the Full Send Podcast.
“The first ever in-real-time prison album,” he described. “An album that’s recorded in prison, for prisoners, by a prisoner in real time as a prisoner is going through his real-time sentence. And it’s professional. It’s going to sound exactly like a Tory Lanez album.”
Despite the challenges of recording in prison, Lanez emphasized the raw emotion that went into the project. “The pain is there, the hunger is there. You know, the tears, the cries are there. It’s a lot of emotion into it.”
Prison Riot Interrupts Recording Session
Lanez’s prison recordings have not come without difficulties. According to TMZ, he was reportedly in the middle of recording a verse when a prison riot broke out around him. The tabloid obtained footage of the incident, showing the rapper rapping as a massive fight erupted behind him.
Guards were forced to intervene with pepper spray, abruptly ending the session.
Prison Officials Seize His Recording Equipment
Lanez’s ability to record music has also been met with resistance from prison officials. Last month, he had his recording equipment confiscated following a raid on his cell. Prison officials informed his legal team that inmates are strictly prohibited from possessing recording devices.
In response, Lanez took to Instagram to address the situation, claiming that the move was meant to suppress his efforts to support fellow inmates.
“I was shut down because the ‘HIGHER UPS’ figured out what I was really doing with The Prison Tapes, and how many inmates were being helped in a life-changing way because of them,” he wrote.
He went on to say that since July, he has helped secure legal representation for 472 inmates and reopened 476 cases.
While his recording setup may have been dismantled, Lanez remains committed to sharing his story from behind bars. With Peterson set to drop in just days, the project promises to be a deeply personal and unprecedented look into his life, struggles, and resilience in prison.
