1. Flying Lotus was born Steven Ellison in Los Angeles on October 7,1983.
17 Facts About Flying Lotus
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Flying Lotus has Cameroonian ancestry, being descended from the Tikar people.
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Flying Lotus is the grandson of singer-songwriter Marilyn McLeod, best known for writing hits such as the Diana Ross song "Love Hangover" and the Freda Payne song "I Get High ".
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Flying Lotus attended the Los Angeles Film School and Academy of Art University.
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Flying Lotus sent some in under the name Flying Lotus, a moniker inspired by lucid dreaming, and was accepted.
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Flying Lotus released his debut studio album 1983 on October 3,2006.
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Flying Lotus released his debut EP, the six-track Reset on October 1,2007.
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In 2008, Flying Lotus released Los Angeles, a 17-track album dedicated to his home city.
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In 2010, Flying Lotus collaborated with the Ann Arbor Film Festival in the performance of a live scoring of the 1962 avant-garde film Heaven and Earth Magic.
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Flying Lotus was chosen by Battles to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas festival that it co-curated in December 2011 in Minehead, England, UK.
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In November 2014, Flying Lotus collaborated with MF DOOM on the track "Masquatch" for the reissued copy of the video game.
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On July 17,2013, Flying Lotus announced on Twitter that he had been nominated for a VMA for the song "Tiny Tortures".
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On September 30,2014, Flying Lotus scored the short film A Portrait of Noomi Rapace, starring actress Noomi Rapace and directed by Aitor Throup.
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Flying Lotus appeared alongside Thundercat on Lamar's album To Pimp a Butterfly.
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In 2021, Flying Lotus released Yasuke, his score for the Netflix series of the same name and his "full-length anime scoring debut" after a long history of contributing to other animation and film projects.
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Flying Lotus directed the science fiction film Ash in 2023, to be released on March 21,2025.
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Flying Lotus wrote the film's soundtrack, to be released March 19,2025.