21 Facts About Steve Lacy

Steve Lacy's self-produced debut EP, Steve Lacy's Demo, was met with critical praise and became a sleeper hit.

Steve Lacy signed with RCA Records to release his second studio album Gemini Rights, which peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart and spawned the single "Bad Habit".

Steve Lacy was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023.

Steve Lacy was raised by his mother and grew up with his sister Asia Lacy, with his father being largely absent from his life and usually only visiting on special occasions.

Steve Lacy attended Narbonne High School before moving onto a private school.

Steve Lacy has said that he grew up sheltered, a result of his mother wanting to shield him and his sisters from the environment at the time in Compton.

Steve Lacy first gained an interest in the guitar at the age of seven through the video game Guitar Hero, but soon wanted to learn how to play on an actual guitar.

Steve Lacy met Jameel Bruner, his future bandmate in the Internet, while in the jazz band at high school.

Steve Lacy produced and performed his first songs on his iPhone, using a plug-in for his guitar called an iRig.

Steve Lacy appeared on Matt Martians' album The Drum Chord Theory and Syd's album Fin after it was announced that the Internet members would release solo projects.

Steve Lacy began producing songs for Twenty88, Denzel Curry, Isaiah Rashad, J Cole, GoldLink, and Kendrick Lamar, most notably producing the song "Pride" from Lamar's Grammy-winning album Damn, and making two guest appearances on the Vampire Weekend album Father of the Bride.

Steve Lacy's Demo was released on February 17,2017, with Lacy creating most of the songs on his iPhone by producing the guitar and bass arrangements through it and singing his vocals directly into its built-in microphone.

Steve Lacy reunited with the Internet to work on their album Hive Mind, which was released in July 2018.

Steve Lacy went on to produce for Solange, Kali Uchis on her debut album Isolation, Mac Miller on his album Swimming, and was featured on Dev Hynes' album Negro Swan.

In 2018, Steve Lacy said that he had produced for rapper YG, and that he had begun using devices other than his phone to produce music.

Steve Lacy was featured on the Vampire Weekend song "Sunflower" and appeared its video that same month.

Steve Lacy announced the release date of Apollo XXI to be on May 24,2019.

On December 4,2020, Steve Lacy released a compilation album of his early work titled The Lo-Fis.

On January 31,2023, AEG Presents announced that Steve Lacy would be one of three headline acts at the inaugural Re:SET Concert Series.

Steve Lacy has listed Weezer, Paramore, and Jimi Hendrix as major influences on his sound.

Steve Lacy has said that he is most comfortable writing about topics regarding love and dating, and describes his musical sound to be like the tartan fabric 'plaid'.