Steven Ellison, better known by his stage name Flying Lotus or FlyLo, is a Los Angeles-based American record producer, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper who was born on October 7, 1983. He founded the record company Brainfeeder as well.
Flying Lotus has released seven studio albums: You’re Dead! (2012), Until the Silence Comes (2012), Los Angeles (2008), and 1983 (2006). (2014), Flamagra (2019), and Yasuke (2021) have all received favorable reviews. The majority of the bumper music for the Adult Swim programming block on Cartoon Network was created by him. Also, he remixed songs by other Plug Research artists including Mia Doi Todd.
In 2012, Flying Lotus started rapping as Captain Murphy, a spoof of the character of the same name from the Sealab 2021 television series. After concealing his identity for a few months, Ellison ultimately revealed it a few weeks after Duality, his debut rap mixtape (2012).