A copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Drake over his song "Janice STFU" has been dismissed less than two weeks after it was initially brought to federal court.
According to documents obtained by XXL, attorneys for producer and songwriter Aviel Calev Hirschfield filed a notice of dismissal on Tuesday. The complaint was dropped without prejudice, leaving Hirschfield with the legal option to refile the action at a future date. No official explanation was provided for the voluntary dismissal.
Hirschfield had filed the lawsuit on October 16, accusing Drake of copying a chorus he had written over an instrumental by production duo FnZ. Hirschfield claimed he submitted a reference track to FnZ and individuals in Drake's circle without receiving an answer, later discovering the uncredited chorus on Drake's Iceman album in May.
Drake's representatives forcefully rejected the accusations at the time of the original filing. His team stated that the claims were completely fabricated without any factual support or legal basis, maintaining that Drake wrote the song and had no knowledge of Hirschfield.