Two of music's most powerful executives maxed out donations to Spencer Pratt

Los Angeles’ euphony industry, successful caller years, has mostly supported progressive causes. But arsenic the primaries for the city’s mayoral contention and California‘s governorship wrapped up Tuesday, immoderate euphony executives and performers person supported and donated ample amounts to Spencer Pratt, the right-leaning activistic and world TV prima moving for mayor.

According to information from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, Pratt’s supporters see 2 members of the grounds industry’s astir almighty household who donated the maximum magnitude allowed by law.

Pratt is simply a registered Republican whose heated rhetoric astir stateless “zombies” and AI-created advertisements person rankled progressives and delighted conservatives. He has received enactment from President Trump, who told reporters that “I’d similar to spot him bash well. He’s a character. I don’t cognize him, I presume helium astir apt supports me… I heard he’s a large MAGA person.”

In response, Pratt told TMZ that “Everybody wants maine to win due to the fact that L.A. is the astir important metropolis successful the country. The lone enactment I request is from moms that wanna consciousness harmless successful Los Angeles. I’m laser-focused connected that.”

Universal Music Group is location to immoderate of music’s astir outspoken progressives, including Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish, whose member and collaborator Finneas O’Connell donated $250 to the progressive mayoral campaigner Nithya Raman connected May 6.

Earlier this year, UMG’s president and main enforcement Lucian Grainge presented Rodrigo with the company’s Universal Music Group x REVERB Amplifier Award, which advocates for “social and biology nonprofit campaigns done the taste powerfulness of music,” according to a release.

On May 9, Grainge (listed arsenic a nonmigratory of Pacific Palisades, wherever Pratt mislaid his location successful the 2025 fires) maxed retired with an $1,800 donation to Pratt’s campaign, arsenic antecedently reported successful The Times. A typical for UMG did not instantly instrumentality a petition for remark connected Grainge’s donation.

He’s not the lone Pratt donor successful the family.

Grainge’s lad Elliot ascended done the grounds manufacture with his 10k Projects label, and present heads UMG’s rival Atlantic Records. Vocal progressives similar Cardi B, the Marías and Charli XCX are immoderate of the label’s astir high-profile acts.

On May 8, Elliot Grainge besides gave $1,800 to Pratt‘s campaign. A typical for Atlantic did not instantly instrumentality a petition for comment.

Last month, the grounds shaper and composing titan David Foster and his wife, vocalist Katharine McPhee, performed astatine a fundraiser for Pratt wherever they crooned a mentation of Tina Turner’s deed “The Best” to the mayoral hopeful. “Spencer, you’re simply the best. Better than each the rest. Better than Karen Bass and Nithya Raman,” McPhee sang.

At Warner Music, Gabz Landman, the elder vice president for A&R astatine Warner Chappell, its almighty euphony publishing wing, who has worked with Dua Lipa, Laufey and Amy Allen, gave $105.24 to Pratt connected Feb. 4. Through a Warner Music representative, Landman said the donation was for merchandise fixed to a friend, and was not intended arsenic enactment for Pratt’s campaign.

The superstar EDM shaper and DJ Kaskade has near supportive messages connected Pratt’s societal media, commenting connected 1 of the candidate’s posts that “At this point, who is buying successful to Bass’s fairytale narrative?! I americium inactive shocked she hasn’t resigned!” The DJ and shaper Diplo besides near a supportive remark — a prayer-hands emoji and “please” — connected 1 of Pratt’s societal media posts. Records bash not amusement immoderate idiosyncratic donations to Pratt’s run from either artist.

Public records bash not amusement immoderate donations to Pratt’s run from live-industry executives atop firms similar Live Nation, AEG oregon Goldenvoice.