Luci4#Career
{{Usemdy|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| alias = {{hlist|Luci|Axxturel|4jay|BMB 4jay}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|8|2}}
| birth_place = Australia{{cn|date=June 2025}}
| origin = Hemet, California, U.S.{{cn|date=June 2025}}
| genre = {{hlist|Hip-hop|Sigilkore|Electronic}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|record producer|rapper}}
| instrument =
| years_active = 2016–present
| label = {{hlist|Bad Realm Records|Atlantic Records}}
| past_member_of = BMB Deathrow, VODECi
}}
James Dear (born August 2, 2002), professionally known as Luci4, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer based in Hemet, California, known for his songs, which blew up on TikTok in 2021, and got him signed to Atlantic Records. Originally starting as a producer under the moniker, "4jay," producing songs such as "Gotta Blast" by Tay-K. His debut single, "Bodypartz", received a gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, following a surge of the song's popularity on TikTok.
Musical style
He is known for his hyperpop approach with hip-hop drums, and spiritual lyrics over dark club beats, which are often chopped and screwed to extreme tempos to make his songs glitchy, with his music being classified as soundcloud rap.{{Cite news |last=Bromwich |first=Kathryn |date=2024-07-06 |title=On my radar: Mark Leckey’s cultural highlights |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/jul/06/on-my-radar-mark-leckey-cultural-highlights |access-date=2025-06-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Career
= 2016–present: Oriɡins, BMB Deathrow & ''[[Sigilkore]]'' movement =
Luci4 originally was a producer in BMB Deathrow, collective by SpaceGhostPurrp formed in 2015 He is known for producing Tay-K's "Gotta Blast" off his second and final mixtape, Santana World.{{Cite web |last=Orvis |first=Jameson |date=2021-01-15 |title=A Guide to Soundcloud's Demonic Underworld |url=https://www.passionweiss.com/2021/01/14/a-guide-to-soundclouds-demonic-underworld/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Passion of the Weiss |language=en-US}}
He was involved in the pioneering and movement of the Sigilkore genre, alongside the subgenre Krushclub.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-30 |title=THE FACE's guide to the American rap underground |url=https://theface.com/music/underground-internet-rap-rage-carti-yeat-ambient-plugg-iokera-terror-jerk-krushclub-lumi-athena |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}} With his songs "Bodypartz",{{Cite web |last=Zhang |first=Cat |date=2021-12-14 |title=The Year in Music on TikTok 2021 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/tiktok-songs-2021/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US }} "All Eyez on Me", and "Kurxxed Emeraldz" all going viral on TikTok. On January 24, 2024, "Bodypartz" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America,{{cite certification|region=United States|title=|artist=Luci4|type=|access-date=June 18, 2025}} following a surge of the song's popularity on TikTok.{{Cite news |last=Press-Reynolds |first=Kieran |date=2021-05-16 |title=How Roblox Sparked a Chaotic Music Scene |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/arts/music/roblox-video-game-music.html |access-date=2025-06-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Kurxxed Emeraldz earned over 200,000 streams in mid-2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-16 |title=From Trends to Tracks: Social Media Creators Are Becoming Musical Tastemakers |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billboard-new-chart-logitech-creators-trends-tiktok-youtube-9612042/ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=Billboard |language=en-US |quote=“Kurxxed Emeraldz ” shot upward 61% to 206,000 streams in the U.S during the same time period, underlining Glitchgirlmaster’s ability to break songs through original social media content.}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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| scope="row"| #R2D
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| scope="row"| VAMPMANIA 3
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=Mixtapes=
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| scope="row"| Axxturel Unleaxxhed
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| scope="row"| VampMania: #AfterParty
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=EPs=
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! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Details |
| scope="row"| Gettin Money 1
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= Singles =
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|+ List of singles with title, year released, album, and certifications shown ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
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| scope="row"| "Kurxxed Emeraldz"
| rowspan="3"| 2020 | — | | rowspan="4" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "Bodypartz"
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| scope="row"| "All Eyez on Me"
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| scope="row"| "Dead n Gone"
| rowspan="2"|2021 | — | |
| scope="row"| "Dying in xxtyle (trendxxetter 3)"
| — | | VampMania : #AfterParty |
| scope="row"| "Jabbawockeez"
| 2022 | — | | #R2D |
References
Category:Record producers from California
Category:Rappers from California
Category:Singer-songwriters from California
Category:21st-century American male singers
Category:American record producers
Category:People from Hemet, California
Category:Musicians from California
Category:21st-century American singers
Category:21st-century musicians
Category:Atlantic Records artists
Category:Singers from California
Category:American electro musicians
Category:Australian record producers
Category:21st-century Australian singers