D4vd's Apple Music page reportedly hacked amid murder charges

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, D4vd is currently in jail while awaiting trial on murder charges By Mark Savage Music correspondent Published 14 minutes ago The Apple Music page for US singer D4vd was apparently hacked over the weekend, with a song titled I Did It added to his discography. The musician, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, is currently in jail on charges of murdering and sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl, named Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The teenager's body was found last year inside a Tesla registered to Burke. He has denied all the charges against him. A picture of the abandoned Tesla was used as the artwork for I Did It, which has subsequently been removed from Apple Music. The song appeared to be a version of an unreleased track called Celeste, which D4vd allegedly recorded in 2023. Image source, Apple Music Image caption, The song appeared briefly on Saturday before being removed In the lyrics, the singer professes his love for a girl called Celeste over a melancholy piano line, saying: "I hear her voice each time I take a breath". The song first leaked online in December 2023, but was never officially released. Burke has never acknowledged the leaked track was his work, and there is no confirmation that the Celeste mentioned in the song is Celeste Rivas. D4vd's account was not the only high-profile page on Apple Music to be hacked over the weekend. A separate song, whose title used a racial slur, appeared on the pages of both Ariana Grande and the girl group Katseye on Sunday. Both have also been removed, and there is no indication the incidents are related to the D4vd song. The BBC has contacted Apple Music to ask for more details. 75 million 'spam' tracks in one year Surprisingly, it is not unusual for high-profile artists to have fake songs added to their streaming catalogues. In 2023, an AI-generated "duet" between Drake and The Weeknd was removed from Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music after their record label, Universal, said the song violated copyright law. A-list stars including Beyoncé, Harry Styles and Queen have also had AI music added to their profile pages - but the practice has also affected artists with more niche followings, including the late country star Blaze Foley and folk singer Emily Portman . In a separate scam, some artists have uploaded songs that falsely claim to be collaborations with higher-profile musicians. In each case, the songs are suggested to fans of the real artist - and generate royalty payments for the counterfeiters. Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Beyoncé is among the stars whose pages have been targeted by AI scams The fake tracks are exploiting a loophole in the way audio files are uploaded to streaming services. Distributors are asked to provide the metadata for each individual song, which makes it possible for a bad actor to submit music using an existing artist's name, or one with a very similar spelling. Because the process is largely automated, fake