An Italian photographer has dropped a lawsuit that claimed Drake stole a key motif in the music video for his hit summer single “What Did I Miss?”
Gabriele Galimberti says in a court filing dated Jan. 20 that he’s dismissing his copyright claims against Drake with prejudice, meaning the case cannot be reopened. It was not specified whether a settlement had been paid, and reps for Galimberti and Drake did not immediately return inquiries on the subject on Monday (Jan. 26).
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Galimberti sued the rapper (born Aubrey Drake Graham) in November, alleging a scene in the video for “What Did I Miss?”, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July, copied a photo from his 2020 book The Ameriguns. Both Galimberti’s photo and the scene in question show men standing outside houses, surrounded by firearms laid out in parallel around swimming pools.
A photographer with National Geographic, Galimberti is perhaps best known for shooting a notorious 2022 Balenciaga campaign that portrayed children with sexually explicit objects. The campaign drew a huge backlash, with consumers accusing the fashion house and Galimberti of glorifying pedophilia.
Galimberti referenced the Balenciaga controversy in his November lawsuit, alleging that Drake intentionally chose to copy his work because “What Did I Miss?” addressed the aftermath of the rapper’s feud with Kendrick Lamar. This rap battle ended with Lamar calling Drake a “certified pedophile” on the chart-topping diss track “Not Like Us,” leading Drake to sue Universal Music Group (UMG) for defamation.
“Plaintiff was ultimately publicly vindicated in a defamation lawsuit abroad related to the false accusations arising from the Balenciaga advertisement,” wrote Galimberti’s attorney in the lawsuit. “Given Kendrick Lamar’s lyrics…calling defendant Graham a pedophile and defendant Graham’s now dismissed defamation lawsuit, on information and belief, defendant Graham sought to imply that he, like plaintiff, would be publicly exonerated.”
Drake’s defamation lawsuit was dismissed in October, with a federal judge ruling that lyrics in rap battles are hyperbole and not meant to imply facts. Drake is now appealing to revive the case against UMG, which owns both Lamar’s label Interscope Records and his own label, Republic Records.
Republic and UMG were also named as defendants alongside Drake in Galimberti’s lawsuit, which sought financial damages for copyright infringement before it was dropped. A rep for the label did not immediately return a request for comment on Monday.
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