Drake Accused Of Stealing Chorus For ‘Janice STFU’-Songwriter Claims Rapper Used His Demo Word For Word Without Paying Him

Drake Accused Of Stealing Chorus For ‘Janice STFU’-Songwriter Claims Rapper Used His Demo Word For Word Without Paying
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Drake faces a lawsuit over “Janice STFU.” Songwriter Aviel Calev Hirschfield alleges its chorus is “literally identical” to his 2026 demo.

He says he sent the hook to producers FNZ before “Iceman” dropped. “Fifteen seconds in, Avi was stunned to hear Drake perform word-for-word, note-for-note, beat-by-beat, the exact same chorus that he (Avi) had recorded and sent,” the lawsuit alleges.

His demo reads: “Reach me, baby/ Call my phone and say you need me, baby/ I’m so green, you gotta teach me, baby/ From Vancouver, you a BC, baby/ Pull up Maybach, beep beep, baby/ And my shit came with the heat seats, baby/ Swear my label gotta free me, baby/ Blow on me just like some green tea, baby.”

Drake’s attorneys allegedly “shamelessly refuse to acknowledge Avi’s authorship,” despite receiving his audio files and metadata.

“Drake and/or his representatives are instead taking the absurd position that Avi — a massive fan of Drake who has co-written a hit song with him in the past and has aspirations of working with him in the future — has manipulated the metadata in his recording files to make it appear (falsely) that the copyrighted work preceded ‘Janice STFU,’” reads the complaint. “Such a deception would constitute career suicide by Avi.”

Hirschfield co-wrote Beyoncé’s “Heated” with Drake. He is suing Drake, OVO Sound and Universal Music Group, alleging they “robbed Avi of the reputational benefits and substantial compensation he deserves for his contribution to Drake’s biggest hit in many years.”

He wants credit and royalties. Drake’s representative declined comment.