

Since she refused to take care of him, he was on his own at the age of 15. Daystar then was forced to move to Toronto with his grandmother. In 2006, he was sent to live with his cousin Dahir Abib, Orane Forrest, in Jamaica, Queens, New York because of his behavior issues. Daystar's nickname "Lanez" was given to him by Hakeem, as a comment on Daystar's thrill seeking tendencies, that sometimes saw him mucking around in the street, not looking for traffic and playing in the lanes. Daystar's father later remarried and the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where Daystar met his friend Hakeem, who at the time was a janitor. Following his mother's death, his father began working as an ordained minister and missionary, causing them both to move frequently throughout the United States. Daystar was known to practice and refine his rapping skills throughout his childhood, before tragically finding out that his mother had died due to a rare disease.

The family was based in Montreal, before moving to Miami, Florida.

Lanez's debut studio album, I Told You (2016), included the singles " Say It" and " Luv", which peaked at number 23 and 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. In 2015, Tory Lanez signed to record producer Benny Blanco's Mad Love Records through Interscope Records. He received initial recognition from the mixtape Conflicts of My Soul: The 416 Story, released in August 2013. Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson (born July 27, 1992), known professionally as Tory Lanez, is a Canadian rapper, singer, and record producer.
