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 nan primaries for nan city’s mayoral title and California‘s governorship wrapped up Tuesday, immoderate euphony executives and performers person supported and donated ample amounts to Spencer Pratt, nan right-leaning activistic and reality TV prima moving for mayor.

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

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

In response, Pratt told TMZ that “Everybody wants maine to win because L.A. is nan astir important metropolis successful nan country. The only support I request is from moms that wanna consciousness safe 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 relative and collaborator Finneas O’Connell donated $250 to nan progressive mayoral campaigner Nithya Raman connected May 6.

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

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

He’s not nan only Pratt philanthropist successful nan family.

Grainge’s boy Elliot ascended done nan grounds manufacture pinch his 10k Projects label, and now heads UMG’s competitor Atlantic Records. Vocal progressives for illustration Cardi B, nan Marías and Charli XCX are immoderate of nan 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 return a petition for comment.

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

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

The superstar EDM shaper and DJ Kaskade has near supportive messages connected Pratt’s societal media, commenting connected 1 of nan candidate’s posts that “At this point, who is buying successful to Bass’s fairytale narrative?! I americium still 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 do not show immoderate individual donations to Pratt’s run from either artist.

Public records do not show immoderate donations to Pratt’s run from live-industry executives atop firms for illustration Live Nation, AEG aliases Goldenvoice.