Tory Lanez has released a statement regarding his prison cell getting raided and his audio recording equipment confiscated. Lanez says although his cell was raided and trashed, it was not because he learned how to record his music from behind bars, but because he’s helping other inmates receive legal assistance from his musical proceeds.

Read his statement in its entirety below:

“The rumors are true. ‘The Prison Tapes‘ will be discontinued until further notice,” he stated via Instagram. “However, I think it’s important that my fans know the truth about the crooked a** sh*t that’s REALLY going on here. My cell was not raided and trashed because I learned how to record myself in prison or because I created ‘The Prison Tapes. I was shut down because the “HIGHER UPS” figured out what I was really doing with ‘The Prison Tapes’ and how many inmates were being helped in a life changing way because of them.”

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He continued, “Since the first day I-was incarcerated, all I’ve seen is blacks and other minorities receive the most cruel, illegal, and unfair punishment/treatment. For so many nights, I asked God to reveal his purpose in making me go through the ills of the prison system. I was later shown that purpose. I was placed in jail to suffer, to feel, and to witness firsthand the pain and oppression being inflicted upon the young black and brown men and women of my generation. I knew I had to change this injustice. So, I made a plan that when I got to prison, I would figure out a way to record music and put all the proceeds towards the legal representation of my fellow inmates, giving them a once in a lifetime chance to go home to their families on appeal and resentencing.”

Tory Lanez’s prison cell was recently raided, and in the midst of it all, any equipment that could be used to record audio was confiscated, according to TMZ.

Per the outlet, Ceasar McDowell, chief deputy on the Canadian star’s legal team, stated that his client’s recording tools were seized as part of a routine raid by prison guards. He also shared that the California Correctional Institution, where Lanez resides, has strict rules on inmates possessing recording devices.