Overview

• Drake shared a Change.org petition on Instagram calling for California Governor Gavin Newsom to pardon Tory Lanez, who is serving a 10-year sentence for the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.
• The petition, which has garnered over 250,000 signatures, alleges prosecutorial misconduct, missing forensic evidence, and politically motivated sentencing enhancements in Lanez's case.
• Lanez was recently stabbed 14 times in a California prison, suffering collapsed lungs and severe injuries, but is now breathing on his own and recovering in the prison hospital.
• This is not the first time Drake has publicly supported Lanez, having previously voiced solidarity through social media posts and livestreams.
• Governor Newsom holds the exclusive authority to grant clemency, though such decisions in high-profile cases are rare in California.