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Drake Copyright Lawsuit Over "Janice STFU" Dismissed Without Prejudice

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That’s a wrap, at least for now, on a producer’s lawsuit against Drake over his Iceman -era Hot 100 hit “ Janice STFU .”

As first reported by Rolling Stone on Tuesday (Oct. 27), the widely questioned suit, stemming from producer Aviel Hirschfield, has been voluntarily dismissed. Complex has confirmed the dismissal through the retrieval of court docs filed on Tuesday. Per those docs, Hirschfield has indeed dismissed the suit “in its entirety without prejudice.”

The circumstances leading up to the suit being withdrawn are unknown for now.

A rep for Drake previously slammed claims of the track’s chorus having been lifted from Hirschfield as part of a “manufactured and baseless” effort aimed at financial gain and attention.

“Drake wrote this song and has no connection or knowledge of this person, full stop,” the rep added earlier this month.

When reached for comment by Complex on Tuesday, Hirschfield's lawyer declined to comment.

OVO Sound and UMG had also been named in the newly dismissed suit.…

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