Songwriter Aviel Hirschfield claims his reference track is a smoking gun. Now you can hear the audio that he says proves it

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A lawsuit alleging Drake stole the chorus for “Janice STFU” took a turn overnight, when the reference track at the heart of the dispute leaked on X. The track was recorded by plaintiff Aviel Hirschfield, a Grammy-nominated songwriter who, like Drake, contributed to Beyoncé’s “Heated.” His hand in the Iceman hit, however, is up for debate: Despite clear similarities between the reference track and finished song, Drake’s team strongly denies anyone else was involved in writing “Janice STFU.” A legal representative for Hirschfield confirmed to Pitchfork that the leaked recording—which is public as an exhibit in the lawsuit—matches the one submitted as evidence.…