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Tory Lanez received a lot of flack early in his career for sampling artists on his 'Chixtape' mixtape series and is now wondering why artists aren't receiving the same heat today.

Tory Lanez Laughs At Artists Sampling Records Now When He Used To Get Dragged For It Published on:May 31, 2022, 4:02 PM by 1 In the early days of his career, Tory Lanezwas sampling records by other artists on his mixtape series Chixtape, but he received a lot of flack. Several years later, a crop of artists are using the same methods the Toronto native did regarding sampling. On Tuesday (May 31), Tory took to his Twitter to speak on the whole situation, and according to him, its pretty funny that people arent getting dragged the same way he did when he sampled records. Its crazy 6 years ago n-ggas got mad at me cuz I would SAMPLE all the records that it Was NOT OKAY TO SAMPLE on the CHIXTAPES, Tory wrote in the caption. Now I look up to a whole Generation of artist doing EXACTLY what I was doin .. chopping old Rnb/Pop samples and updating it to NOW sound. View this post on Instagram A post shared by DJ Akademiks (@akademiks) The last entry in Torys beloved mixtape series was Chixtape 5 which dropped in November 2019. It was credited as his fourth studio album and featured samples from Jagged Edge, T-Pain Chris Brown The-Dream Fabolousand more from the 2000s-era R&B hits. It debuted at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 charts grabbing 83,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Read more