{"id":314320,"date":"2026-02-24T07:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314320\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T07:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:21:08","slug":"rapper-luci4-dies-at-23-nobody-like-him-and-there-will-never-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314320\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Luci4 Dies at 23: &#8216;Nobody Like Him and There Will Never Be&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rapper Luci4, born James Dear, died on Sunday, Feb. 22, in Los Angeles<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The rapper was 23 and was declared dead by the Los Angeles Fire Department around 11:40 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His manager confirmed his death on Feb. 22, saying, &#8220;He was truly a leader a king and a musician and a genius&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rapper Luci4, born James Dear, has died. He was 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Los Angeles rapper, who was best known for the hit &#8220;BodyPartz,&#8221; died on Sunday, Feb. 22, at a private residence, according to a L.A. County Medical Examiner report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His grandparents said he died at a friend\u2019s house, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/23\/luci4-dead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TMZ reports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TMZ reports<\/a>. They claim his wallet was empty when authorities arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dear, who is also known as Axxturel, was declared dead upon the Los Angeles Fire Department&#8217;s arrival around 11:40 a.m. The L.A. Police Department is now investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PEOPLE reached out to the LAFD and LAPD for comment.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Rapper Luci4 Luci4\/Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0087a9f5d251262fffeca874aa36e40d.jpeg\"\/>Rapper Luci4 <\/p>\n<p>Luci4\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The young rapper was best known for his work in the microgenre sigilkore, a form of trap music that combines electronic and cloud rap. He first became popular on TikTok in 2021 and then signed with Atlantic Records. His hit song, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qIe8jxfmMZ0&amp;list=RDqIe8jxfmMZ0&amp;start_radio=1&amp;pp=ygUKQm9keVBhcnR6J6AHAQ%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BodyPartz&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">BodyPartz&#8217;<\/a>&#8216; went gold and was certified by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2024, per TMZ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2025, he released his album Vampmania 3, and at the start of 2026 he dropped several singles, including \u201cOtw,\u201d \u201cSleeve,\u201d \u201cB4 the Storm\u201d and \u201c#NEVERSURRENDER,\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/luci4-death-rapper-dead-obituary-1236184974\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His manager, Kayla G, confirmed his death in a Feb. 22 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kaykoree\/photo\/7609947915552836877?is_from_webapp=1&amp;web_id=7368528661860845098\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TikTok;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TikTok<\/a>, writing, \u201cI am devastated to inform you that today, James, Luci4, Axxturel has passed away. He was truly a leader a king and a musician and a genius.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThere\u2019s nobody like him and there will never be. We all loved him dearly. Rest Easy,\u201d she wrote. \u201cPlease allow family and friends privacy and patience during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/rapper-luci4-dead-age-23-11912610\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Rapper Luci4, born James Dear, died on Sunday, Feb. 22, in Los Angeles The rapper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[11307,93,61,60,146869,116,146868,278,146870],"class_list":["post-314320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-atlantic-records","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-james-dear","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-fire-department","tag-music","tag-rapper-luci4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}