Braxteezy4x’s grandmother had him singing in the church choir at 5, and he stuck with it into his teenage years. That’s where his interest in making music started. Now he’s passing that same push along with “4th Quarter,” an EP coming October 14, 2026, at 12 p.m. through Bentley Records.
The Arkansas rapper, who also goes by TheRealRickyTan, kicks the EP off with “4th Degree” and then turns it over to a crew of Louisiana and Arkansas artists, two of them his younger cousins. He’s a Bentley Records gold artist and the CEO of his own label, Double RR The Label, so a solo run would have been easy to justify. He went another way.
The break came first. Braxteezy4x was placed on supervised probation and stepped away from music. What pulled him back was his little cousins, Lit Ten and Lit Three, who wanted to start rapping. He returned to help guide them toward success. They live in Monroe, Louisiana, a dangerous city with a reputation for gun violence. Their friend Lil Spinna is on the EP too, along with LelGee9, the guy Braxteezy4x ran the streets with, and NSK Bemo.
LelGee9 takes the first stretch after the opener with three solo tracks in a row, “Call My Bluff,” “Traumatized” and “Menace2Society.” Then the younger crew takes over. Lit Three and Lil Spinna team up on “Fully” and “No Ent,” Lit Ten joins them both on “Spinnastep,” and NSK Bemo closes things with “Erase Wit Him.” Lit Three and Lil Spinna each appear on three tracks, matching LelGee9, and “Spinnastep” is the only song with all three of the younger artists on it. Look at the tracklist and it plays out like a handoff, from Braxteezy4x to his old running partner and then to the cousins he came back for.
Braxteezy4x was born in Bastrop, Louisiana, and grew up across the state line in Crossett, Arkansas, always going back and forth between the two. His music comes out of that, and out of everything he’s been through. What he wants listeners to hear is a “Louisiana x Arkansas Blend,” and “4th Quarter” puts that on paper, with rappers from both states on the same tracklist. The state line runs through his whole story. He was born on one side of it, raised on the other, and his cousins are still back on the Louisiana side in Monroe.
His go-to artists are 50 Cent, NBA YoungBoy, Drake and Future, plus “all the dope tracks.” The message behind this return is just as plain. He took a break from the music scene, and now he’s back with “some Southern bangers.” That’s the whole pitch from the guy who calls himself “The Only RickyTan.”
His catalog already has some numbers behind it. “Team Death Match” has passed 69,000 streams on Spotify, and “Pushing K” is over 48,000. “Crossett Freestyle” and “Ricky Tan” point back to his hometown and his alias. Most of his popular songs, including “Hoop,” “Slipping” and “Corruption,” come in under three minutes, and “Pushing K” is the longest at just under four. “Poundtown,” “Ss” and “Misleading Me” round out his top tracks on the platform. He built that catalog under his own name, so sharing the spotlight on “4th Quarter” is a real change of pace.
A solo comeback would’ve been the obvious move after time away. He put his cousins and the people around them in front of the mic instead. That lines up with why he came back in the first place. Helping his cousins find success was the reason he returned, and the EP is set up to give them that shot. It’s too early to say how far they’ll go, but they’re starting out with someone who has a label and a catalog behind them.
The fourth quarter is when games get decided, and on this EP, Braxteezy4x is focused on getting the ball to someone else. Somebody did that for him once. His grandmother brought him into a choir at 5 and kept him there into his teens. Now he’s the one bringing Lit Ten and Lit Three into the booth.
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