September 19, 2022
Tory Lanez has responded to August Alsina’s allegations he assaulted him after a concert on Saturday night (September 17).
The Daystar rapper spoke with Akademiks on the phone during a live stream on Sunday (September 18), shortly after Alsina publicly accused him of sucker punching him, with photos of his injuries to boot.
When the Off the Record podcast questioned Tory about the alleged altercation, he denied any involvement or knowledge, saying: “Nothing happened. I don’t even know what this kid is talking about, brother.”
Akademiks followed up with: “So you not involved?” Tory answered: “No, hell no! I don’t know if he’s doing [this for] promo. I don’t know what that n-gga is talking about, bruh.”
Tory seemingly doubled down on his denial on his Instagram Stories, claiming he had been locked in the studio and focused on self-improvement.
“I don’t know what everybody talking about …. But I’ve been in the studio I’m not in anything negative … Ive been working on my self …. And being a better person,” he wrote, punctuating his claim of innocence with several smiling face with halo emojis.
August Alsina accused Tory Lanez of attacking him in an Instagram post shared on Sunday, in which he detailed the alleged altercation while sharing a photo of him slumped against an elevator wall with blood running from his mouth.
The R&B crooner claimed Tory — who he referred to as a “4’11 sized leprechaun” — and his security team confronted him after his show in Chicago, with the rapper upset at Alsina refusing to shake his hand over past comments about his “entanglement” with Jada Pinkett Smith.
Tory allegedly then took a hit from “a blunt laced with cocaine” and punched him in the face when he wasn’t looking, before hiding behind one his security guards.
“There was never a ‘fight’! Simply an Assault,” he wrote in part. “Dude has no real friends, and is on a crash out mission.”