Drake ‘Janice STFU’ Lawsuit: Songwriter Sues, Says Chorus Copied Demo – Billboard

Aviel Calev Hirschfield alleges the rapper’s reps “shamelessly refuse to acknowledge” his contributions. Drake’s team calls the lawsuit “entirely fabricated.” Drake speaks onstage during Drake’s Till Death Do Us Part rap battle on October 30, 2021 in Long Beach, California. Amy Sussman/Getty Images Trending on Billboard Drake is accused in a new lawsuit of “shamelessly” using a songwriter’s demo without credit or compensation for the hook of his chart-topping Iceman single “Janice STFU.” The Friday (Oct. 16) legal complaint, filed by Gregory Korn and Jonathan Steinsapir of Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir and first obtained and reported by Billboard, alleges that the chorus of Drake’s May mega-hit is “literally identical” to a demo sent by composer Aviel Calev Hirschfield to Drake’s team at the beginning of 2026. “Janice STFU” spent two weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 20 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Rap Songs tally, his longest-running reign on that chart. Drake’s team said in a Friday statement to Billboard, “Let us be absolutely clear: These allegations are categorically, unequivocally and completely denied. There is not one iota of truth to these accusations, and we reject every attempt to portray these claims as established facts.”
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