Rapper Tory Lanez, who is accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion, reportedly texted Megan Thee Stallion following the alleged incident.
According to TMZ, Lanez sent a text to Megan shortly after the July shooting, saying he was drunk on the night of the confrontation.
"I was just too drunk," the rapper said in the text obtained by TMZ.
But Lanez didn't mention anything about shooting the the 25-year-old artist.
"I know u prolly never gone talk to me again, but I genuinely want u to know I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart," he wrote. "S**t should have never happened and I can't change what did. I just feel horrible."
As Blavity previously reported, the incident happened after the two musicians and Megan's friend, Kelsey Nicole, left a pool party at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home. An argument took place before Lanez allegedly fired at the two women as they were exiting the car. Megan was struck twice in her feet.
Lanez's attempt at an apology didn't sit well with Megan's supporters.
And being drunk is no excuse for Tory Lanez shooting Megan Thee Stallion. You fucking Oompa Loompa
— YANNONE (@stephen_yannone) September 9, 2020
Lmao fuck Tory lanez fr cause being too drunk is an excuse you use for cheating not shooting somebody in the fucking foot….
— Melanie???? (@melanieemk) September 9, 2020
Whether he is now drunk or sober, social media users said they don't want to hear the rapper's excuse either way.
it’s too late for this goofy boy! @torylanez You’ve been sober for some weeks now and we don’t want to hear it https://t.co/CmdWrNV495
— PROTECT BLACK WOMEN (@_mrawoods) September 9, 2020
Tory Lanez said he was drunk when he shot Megan pic.twitter.com/UQb9nJ3LTg
— Marcos Garcia (@GotDeportedYolo) September 9, 2020
Megan released an Instagram Live video last month to describe what happened during the shooting.
“Tory shot me," she said. "You shot me and you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs lying. Stop lying. Why lie? I don’t understand.”
The artist said Lanez's security guard was also in the car as everybody was arguing shortly before the shooting.
"I get out the car. I'm done arguing," the rapper said as she recalled the incident. "I don't wanna argue no more. I get out. I'm walking away. This n***a from out the back seat of the car starts shooting me. You shot me."
Addressing speculations about the incident, the "WAP" artist also explained why she didn't provide details to police immediately.
"You think I’m bout to tell the police that we, n***as, us Black people, got a gun in the car?" she said. "It's a f**king helicopter over us and some more s**t. Why the f**k would I tell the laws somebody got a gun in this car and this n***a shot me? So I can get shot?"
According to Yahoo News, Lanez stayed quiet until last week when he came out to respond to an article from Forbes, which stated that the rapper's music stream has seen a 40% decrease since the shooting.
“Lmao that’s such a lie. 40% where?!!,” Lanez wrote on social media. “I have twenty-seven million monthly listeners on Spotify currently.”
Forbes later made a correction to the report, saying the rapper's music stream has seen an 8% decrease.
Still, the musician's decision to come out only to talk about his business didn't help his image.
This lollipop kid @torylanez has got to go. You talking streaming numbers and you should be lucky you ain’t been slid on for shooting Meg. https://t.co/vYVLx2rf9F
— KingxChris (@DaCoolestNerd) September 9, 2020
Tory Lanez’s music streaming numbers have reportedly dropped by 40% since Megan Thee Stallion stated that he shot her
Tory Lanez has not publicly commented on the shooting nor on the story Megan Thee Stallion’s shared. pic.twitter.com/CoY7SGnp16— Buzzworldhiphop (@Buzzworldhiphop) September 8, 2020
Lanez was arrested on suspicion of possession of a concealed weapon, but he was released the same day and has not been charged, The Associated Press reported.