After breaking through as a Gen Z pop singer, D4vd has been making headlines in relation to a tragedy over the past few weeks. The artist, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, rose to fame as a genre-blending musician after pivoting away from YouTube content creation; up until last week, he was in the throes of a massive world tour. Now, those tour dates have been cancelled, following the early September discovery of a deceased teenage girl in a car registered to the singer.
On Sept. 8, a decomposed body was found in the singer’s impounded Tesla. Authorities identified the decomposed remains — which were discovered in the Tesla’s trunk while the car was in a Los Angeles tow lot — using forensics, and determined that the body belonged to 15-year-old Celeste Rivas. According to NBC News,