Drake faces a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Obrafour, which alleges that the rapper’s 'Calling My Name' sampled his music without permission.
filed by Ghanaian artist Obrafour that alleges that the rapper’s “Calling My Name” sampled his music without permission.track; the album — marking Drake’s foray into dance music — was surprise-released on June 17, 2022.
“Nonetheless, the Infringing Work is one of the songs appearing on the ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ album, as released to the world by ‘surprise’ on June 17, 2022,” the lawsuit states. “The copying of the Sampled Phrase in the Infringing Work is so direct in nature that the audio of the Sampled Phrase heard in the Infringing Work contains little or no audible manipulation, processing, or other alteration to its original character as heard in the Copyrighted Work.
While Obrafour still never cleared the sample, “To date, over the mere 304 days that have elapsed since the Infringing Work was released, the Infringing Work has already been streamed over 4.1 million times on YouTube, streamed over 47,442,160 times on Spotify, and streamed tens of millions of times on Apple Music,” the lawsuit notes.
The lawsuit seeks at least $10 million in compensation, citing “all profits and damages in the following categories attributable to the infringement” including album sales, downloads, digital revenue, sponsorships, and concerts that Drake performed following the release of “Calling My Name.”
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