A songwriter has filed a lawsuit accusing Drake of copying lyrics for the chorus of his song “Janice STFU.” The claim centers on the chorus, which the plaintiff says is taken from an earlier demo he created. According to the filing, the songwriter alleges the alleged overlap is close enough to be “literally identical.”
Reporting from multiple outlets describes Drake as disputing the allegations. In response, Drake’s camp rejects the lawsuit’s premise, characterizing the claims as false and asserting there is “not one iota of truth.” The dispute is framed as part of a broader contention over who contributed what to the commercially released track “Janice STFU,” which appears on Drake’s album “ICEMAN.”
The outlets differ mainly in emphasis: Billboard focuses on the songwriter’s assertion of identical wording and the alleged refusal by Drake’s representatives to engage with the songwriter’s claimed contributions, while VICE foregrounds Drake’s denial and language used to dismiss the lawsuit.
