American rapper, DJ, and producer

Flying Lotus

Steven Ellison, better known as Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, DJ, filmmaker, and rapper. He has released seven critically acclaimed albums: 1983 (2006), Los Angeles (2008), Cosmogramma (2010), Until the Quiet Comes (2012), You're Dead! (2014), Flamagra (2019), and Yasuke (2021). Flying Lotus' other work includes creating the record label Brainfeeder, producing much of Adult Swim's bumper music, releasing rap mixtapes such as Duality (2012) under his Captain Murphy alter ego, curating and hosting the in-game radio station FlyLo FM in Grand Theft Auto V (2013), and directing the sci-fi horror film Ash (2025).

Born

1983

October 7

Died

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1980s

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Key dates

1983 Born

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-3761 The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar.
1403 Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon.
1477 Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
1513 War of the League of Cambrai: Spain defeats Venice.

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The world in 1983

When Flying arrived

april 12 Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
april 25 Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
april 25 Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
april 28 The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on October 7

Amiri Baraka 1934–2014 American poet, playwright, and academic (born 1934) Andy Devine 1905–1977 American actor (born 1905) Cotton Fitzsimmons 1931– American basketball player and coach (died 2004) Dida 1973– Brazilian footballer Dylan Baker 1959– American actor Elijah Muhammad 1897–1975 American religious leader (born 1897) Henriette Avram 1919–2006 American computer scientist and academic (born 1919) Jacques Richard 1952–2002 Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002) Jean-Paul Riopelle 1923–2002 Canadian painter and sculptor (born 1923)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1983

Aaron Peirsol 1983– American swimmer Amber Tamblyn 1983– American actress, author, model, director Ashleigh Ball 1983– Canadian voice actress and musician Brent Hayden 1983– Canadian swimmer Cheryl 1983– English singer and TV personality Chris Higgins 1983– American ice hockey player Clint Dempsey 1983– American soccer player James Wade 1983– English darts player Jarrett Jack 1983– American basketball player

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