Tory Lanez addresses accusations of staging colorism incident for publicity

Tory Lanez at Music Choice, Photo Credit: Juan NavarroTory Lanez has found himself in the hot seat, after he was accused of staging an incident involving colorism for publicity purposes. Sunday night, the Toronto lyricist took to Instagram to share a few candid moments from a recent video shoot with fellow artist Nafe Smallz. In the behind-the-scenes clip, Lanez pauses the production briefly to protest the director’s request to switch out the main lead — a dark skinned model — for a fairer-skinned one.  In the post’s caption, Lanez highlighted the music industry’s checkered history of promoting and enabling colorism in creative spaces. “As a