Sometimes you have to die to get recognized. For Flying Lotus, whose 2014 album was called You're Dead, that, thankfully, wasn't true. The electronic artist, real name Steven Ellison, in nominated for two Grammy Awards this year, one for "Never Catch Me" (best dance recording), which features Kendrick Lamar; and one as part of the small mob of people who were involved in the making of Lamar's groundbreaking album To Pimp a Butterfly. His own release, the equally groundbreaking You're Dead, was one of 2014's most daring and genre-bending recordings. Ellison/Lotus comes from a musical family in more than one...
- 2/11/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
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