This week, rappers Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion will face off in court regarding a much-talked-about alleged shooting that happened in the Summer of 2020.

As reported by AllHipHop.com, the Canadian chart-topper has been accused of shooting the “Savage” beauty in the foot after a late night/ early morning argument.

Tory Lanez contends he did not shoot Megan, even claiming on one of his songs, “Daystar,” “How the f### you get shot in your foot, don’t hit no bones or tendons? How the f### your team is tryna to paint me as some whole menace?”

But just a denial might not be enough … if the Houston native, whose real name is Megan Pete, gets to present her evidence.

According to the Los Angeles Times, she said, as mentioned in the past, Tory Lanez reached out to one of her friends and apologized via a phone call.

“I’m deeply sorry … so I feel crazy that I made a mistake. What happened, happened already. I can’t take it back. I’m just telling y’all I’m sorry,” Peterson is alleged to have said, according to a partial transcript of the call read in court by prosecutors during a preliminary hearing last year.

She also said he offered to give her $1 million just to keep silent about the altercation. This is all hearsay.

However, one of Megan’s close friends, Kelsey Harris, is said to have witnessed the incident. Harris and one of Tory Lanez’ bodyguards were in the SUV with the two radio staples when they started arguing.

Sources say Kelsey has not spoken to Meg since the incident and has been hostile to law enforcement while refusing to cooperate with defense attorney George Mgdesyan.

Megan’s lawyer spoke about Harris’ value to the case, saying she has explicitly identified Tory Lanez in correspondence with people.

“She’s a prosecution witness, and she has a contemporaneous text message that she sent that is marked in time forever and ever where she says, without any doubt, ‘Tory shot Meg.’ That will come into evidence, and that’s devastating evidence,” revealed Meg’s high-powered attorney Alex Spiro, who also represents Jay-Z and Elon Musk.

Because the text happened in real-time, this could be awful for Tory Lanez’ defense.

For more on AllHipHop.com’s coverage of Lanez and Megan thee Stallion trial, please click here.

Fans of SZA finally got to hear a new full-length body of work from the R&B singer-songwriter. She released her sophomore set, SOS, on December 9.

SOS is on pace to open with 275,000-300,000 first-week units. That total should be enough to take the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart from the current champion Heroes & Villains by Metro Boomin.

That unit range would also give SZA one of the highest openings in 2022. Only Harry Styles (Harry’s House), BTS (Proof), Beyoncé (Renaissance), Taylor Swift (Midnights), and Drake & 21 Savage (Her Loss) have crossed the 300,000 unit mark over the last twelve months.

SZA Is Closing In On Her First No. 1 Album

If SOS does debut in the Billboard 200’s top position, SZA will earn the first No. 1 album of her career. The 33-year-old songstress previously peaked at #3 with 2017’s critically-acclaimed Ctrl.

The RIAA certified Ctrl as 3x-Platinum in August 2022. While Ctrl made numerous publications’ year-end lists for 2017, the Recording Academy completely shut out SZA at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.

Ctrl did lead the Top R&B Album chart for three weeks. SZA also made it onto the Billboard 200 with the Z EP. That 2014 Top Dawg Entertainment release plateaued at #39.

SOS Already Has Two Hot 100 Top 10 Hits

SZA’s latest effort, SOS, host the singles “Good Days”, “I Hate U”, and “Shirt.” Last year, “Good Days” rose to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “I Hate U” made it to #7. “Shirt” has just missed the Top 10 by peaking at #11.

SOS features Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott, and the Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard. SZA recently spoke about securing a posthumous vocal appearance by the late ODB on her “Forgiveless” track.

“It was definitely like I doubt this gonna be allowed to be on the album, but it surprisingly was,” said SZA about the ODB feature. “I talked to [the Ol’ Dirty Bastard Estate]. It really just came from a place of documentary footage from Rodney Jerkins. He was sweet enough to let me use that.”

Music producer Metro Boomin waited four years before releasing his second official studio LP. After dropping Not All Heroes Wear Capes in 2018, the St. Louis native returned with Heroes & Villains this month.

Heroes & Villains debuted at #1 on the latest Billboard 200 chart. Metro Boomin pulled in 185,000 equivalent album units in the project’s first week of release which included 233 million on-demand streams.

With the chart success of Heroes & Villains, Metro Boomin now has three Number Ones in his career discography. Not All Heroes Wear Capes led the Billboard 200 for one week in November 2018.

Metro Boomin also reached the pinnacle of the Billboard 200 as one-half of a producer/rapper duo alongside 21 Savage. The pair presented 2020’s chart-topping Savage Mode II, the sequel to 2016’s Savage Mode EP.

Heroes & Villains arrived with collaborations from John Legend, Future, Chris Brown, Don Toliver, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, Young Nudy, Young Thug, The Weeknd, Mustafa, A$AP Rocky, and Gunna. The late Migos member Takeoff is also featured on the album.

Many Hip Hop fans know Metro Boomin for producing songs such as “Bad and Boujee” by Migos, “Tunnel Vision” by Kodak Black, and “Mask Off” by Future. Metro also worked on joint projects with 21 Savage & Offset (Without Warning), Big Sean (Double or Nothing), and Nav (Perfect Timing).