{"id":2404388,"date":"2026-05-06T10:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2404388"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:19:12","slug":"caleb-burke-slammed-for-launching-music-career-after-brother-d4vd-accused-of-murdering-celeste-rivas-hernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/caleb-burke-slammed-for-launching-music-career-after-brother-d4vd-accused-of-murdering-celeste-rivas-hernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"Caleb Burke slammed for launching music career after brother D4vd accused of murdering Celeste Rivas Hernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ArticleContent\">\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">An emerging US singer has sparked anger online after he released \u201ctone-deaf\u201d songs about sex while his brother D4vd is being held in a detention centre charged with murdering teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Caleb Burke was slammed by people on X after he released original songs under the artist name Kova with lyrics detailing experiences with sex and love, despite D4vd being accused of murdering Rivas Hernandez after she allegedly threatened to expose their inappropriate relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">D4vd is currently jailed in a Los Angeles detention centre on first-degree murder charges, as well as charges of child sexual abuse and mutilation of human remains, over the death of the 14-year-old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Rivas Hernandez\u2019s dismembered body was found decomposing in the boot of an abandoned Tesla registered to D4vd in September 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">According to court files, he met Rivas Hernandez when she was 11, began a sexual relationship with her when she was 13 and he was 18, and killed her when she threatened to reveal their inappropriate relationship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e1vl0htn0 embed css-1e7dnir-StyledEmbed-StyledInstagramEmbed-PNEmbed e1kmsqkc3\">\n<section class=\"css-1jr5w2z-StyledConsentFallback epu9cz41\">\n<p>If you\u2019d like to view this content, please adjust your<!-- --> <button type=\"button\" class=\"css-rmo6w3-StyledLinkButton ezwyjwt0\">Cookie Settings<\/button>.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our<!-- --> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sevenwestmedia.com.au\/cookies-guide\">Cookie Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Caleb\u2019s songs were labelled as \u201ctone-deaf\u201d by social media users, who flocked to X to express their outrage and to demand the entire Burke family be \u201clocked up\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWhole family tone-deaf as hell\u2026 Dude really saw his sibling facing murder charges and dropped sex songs!!\u201d one X user wrote on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt is interesting timing to launch a whole music career right when D4vd\u2019s case is trending,\u201d another user wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Another wrote: \u201cD4vd locked for murder, brother drops sex songs exploiting the case? Whole family demonic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">However, some X users came to Caleb\u2019s defence as they argued he is \u201ca whole different person\u201d than D4vd and that he \u201cshouldn\u2019t be judged for his brother\u2019s crimes\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"css-kn3rvr-StyledPNFigure eq8qgnw2\"><picture class=\"eq8qgnw1 image css-1s52nle-PictureWithIntrinsicRatio-StyledPNArticleImage eosncpx0\"><source data-ratio=\"16:9\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22245799\/6322daa592578e88f4eb760e6b5601228023f858.jpg?imwidth=100&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 100w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22245799\/6322daa592578e88f4eb760e6b5601228023f858.jpg?imwidth=150&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 150w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22245799\/6322daa592578e88f4eb760e6b5601228023f858.jpg?imwidth=250&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 250w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22245799\/6322daa592578e88f4eb760e6b5601228023f858.jpg?imwidth=320&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 320w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22245799\/6322daa592578e88f4eb760e6b5601228023f858.jpg?imwidth=414&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 414w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22245799\/6322daa592578e88f4eb760e6b5601228023f858.jpg?imwidth=500&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 500w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22245799\/6322daa592578e88f4eb760e6b5601228023f858.jpg?imwidth=640&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 640w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22245799\/6322daa592578e88f4eb760e6b5601228023f858.jpg?imwidth=828&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 828w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22245799\/6322daa592578e88f4eb760e6b5601228023f858.jpg?imwidth=1024&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 1024w,https:\/\/images.perthnow.com.au\/publication\/C-22245799\/6322daa592578e88f4eb760e6b5601228023f858.jpg?imwidth=2048&amp;impolicy=pn_v3 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 668px\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"eixham80 figcaption css-mcrbmm-StyledPNCaption-StyledPNFigcaption eixham85\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"eixham82 css-1fi3k2d-StyledPNCameraIcon-StyledIconPNImage e1oq86r40\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><title>Camera Icon<\/title><path d=\"M23 19C23 19.5304 22.7893 20.0391 22.4142 20.4142C22.0391 20.7893 21.5304 21 21 21H3C2.46957 21 1.96086 20.7893 1.58579 20.4142C1.21071 20.0391 1 19.5304 1 19V8C1 7.46957 1.21071 6.96086 1.58579 6.58579C1.96086 6.21071 2.46957 6 3 6H7L9 3H15L17 6H21C21.5304 6 22.0391 6.21071 22.4142 6.58579C22.7893 6.96086 23 7.46957 23 8V19Z\" stroke=\"#666869\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M12 17C14.2091 17 16 15.2091 16 13C16 10.7909 14.2091 9 12 9C9.79086 9 8 10.7909 8 13C8 15.2091 9.79086 17 12 17Z\" stroke=\"#666869\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"css-15pqx16-StyledPNFigCaptionText eixham84\"><span class=\"css-1drr6t0-PNCaption eixham83\">Prosecutors say D4vd killed Celeste Rivas Hernandez by stabbing her multiple times.<\/span><span> Credit: <!-- -->Supplied<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Caleb first teased his entry into the music industry on April 9 on Instagram, then, two days before D4vd\u2019s arrest on April 16, he released his debut single Imaginary Love, while promising his 867 followers more \u201cnew music soon!!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Caleb released another single called S*x on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">D4vd\u2019s court filing stated he bought two chainsaws online that he used to cut apart Rivas Hernandez\u2019s body in an inflatable pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cDefendant took horrifying measures to destroy and discard the victim\u2019s body,\u201d prosecutors said in the brief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Two of her fingers were missing when the body was found. Rivas Hernandez had his name tattooed on them, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">D4vd rose to fame on TikTok with viral hits Romantic Homicide and Here With Me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and has another hearing in the case on May 15.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.perthnow.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An emerging US singer has sparked anger online after he released \u201ctone-deaf\u201d songs about sex while his brother D4vd is being held in a detention centre charged with murdering teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez. 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