Drake has called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to grant a pardon to Tory Lanez after the rapper was the victim of a violent stabbing while incarcerated.

Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, 32, was hospitalized last week after being stabbed multiple times by another inmate. Peterson is currently serving a 10-year sentence in a California prison for the 2020 shooting of musician Megan Thee Stallion.

Drake has since responded, posting Friday via his Instagram stories a Change.org petition calling for Lanez’s release, writing “come home soon,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

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