Splash is the
codename.
Rap × Soulful R&B × Live Performer
A rapper and singer who moves fluidly between the booth and the bridge — crooning one bar, rhyming the next. Grounded songwriting about relationships, ambition, and reflection, made with a blue-collar patience. Built to last.
Built to Last.
His sound reflects the depth of the waters.
A Pittsburgh live performer known for a unique duality — blending rap and R&B with realism, resilience, and reflection. Performances run diverse and dynamic; no two songs sound the same.
Splash writes from where most people actually live — the pull of ambition, the weight of relationships, the quiet work of becoming. It connects because it's true, and it's made to outlast the moment.
Two voices. One artist.
Most artists pick a lane. Splash works both — sliding from a melodic, sung hook into a pocket-tight verse without losing the thread. The crooner and the emcee are the same person, and that range is the offering: a set that can open a room, hold a feature, or carry a ballad to the back wall.
Soulful R&B melody.
Warm and melodic — built for the hook, the slow burn, the moment a room goes quiet.
Bar-for-bar rap.
Grounded, rhythmic, a sharp pen — the verse that earns the replay and moves the crowd.
Songs about real things.
No mythology you can't reach. Splash writes the everyday — what it costs to chase something, what people do to one another, what's left when the noise dies down. It's relatable on purpose.
Relationships
Love, loyalty, and the friction between them — told without flinching.
Ambition
The drive to build something real — and the patience it actually takes.
Reflection
Looking back honestly — what changed, what held, what was worth it.
He builds rooms for other artists.
Splash is co-founder and host of Rap Café — a recurring Pittsburgh showcase that gives local artists a real stage and a real room. It's where performers test new material, meet collaborators, and connect with the wider Pittsburgh community.
It's the same instinct that runs through the music: build something that lasts, and bring people with you. A scene, not just a name.
Thorns In a Cloud
6-Track EP · Released 04.04.26
Six tracks exploring the tension between hardship and clarity, vulnerability and strength — the debut that sets the foundation.
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Built to Last.
“Show some more resolve, or die unaccomplished.”
Codename Splash · Personal Code
Next Up Live
Show · Homestead, PAUniversity of Pittsburgh
Campus Show · Pittsburgh, PABook the date. Run the room.