Flying Lotus

Born Steven Ellison in Los Angeles, Flying Lotus is an American DJ, filmmaker, rapper, and record producer who began his career after sending song submissions to Adult Swim's programming block and was accepted under that name. His debut album, 1983, arrived in 2006, followed by the EP Reset in 2007 and the album Los Angeles in 2008. He signed with Warp Records and became one of its cornerstone artists, later releasing albums including Cosmogramma, Until the Quiet Comes, You're Dead!, Flamagra, and Yasuke. He founded the record label Brainfeeder, produced music for Adult Swim, and released rap mixtapes as Captain Murphy, including Duality. He created his own radio station, FlyLo FM, for the video game Grand Theft Auto V and received Grammy nominations for Never Catch Me and for his production work on Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly. His film work includes directing Kuso, a segment for V/H/S/99, and the science fiction film Ash (2025).