As a teenager, Compton, CA, native Steve Lacy built a veteranâs resume: Wired Magazine Tech Visionary, Time Magazine Most Influential Teen, Grammy-nominated, toured the world three times, walked for Virgil Ablohâs first Louis Vuitton show in Paris, gave a TED Talk in NYC, produced a track on Kendrick Lamarâs DAMN (âPrideâ) on his iPhone.
Grammy-nominated for his debut LP Apollo XXI at 21, Steve shows no signs of slowing down. Winning a Grammy as a producer for Thundercat was icing on the cake of his highly-curated list of collaborators, which includes Tyler the Creator, Solange, J.Cole, Vampire Weekend, Dirty Projectors, Kali Uchis, and Mac Miller, not to mention his guitar, bass, songwriting, and production with his bandmates THE INTERNET.
Steveâs standing in the fashion world continues to accelerate, gracing magazine covers for i-D, Interview Germany, GQ Style UK, GQ Korea, Man About Town, and Document Journal, among others. In the last two years, he walked Hollywood Blvd in Gucciâs âLove Paradeâ show, opened Burberryâs show with Erykah Badu, Rosalia, and Bella Hadid, and attended the Gucci Cruise show in Rome with Harry Styles, who then interviewed him for Man About Town. A simple Instagram post will now land him in Vogue.
Steve has even somehow managed to pop up with the world locked down, opening for Erykah Badu at the Hollywood Bowl, attending a YSL dinner at Art Basel Miami, and hanging alongside Ye as he live-streamed new music.
And, to bring things full circle, his teenage-released track âDark Redâ has gone viral and platinum, setting the stage for Steveâs forthcoming sophomore album, Gemini Rights, to be released July 15, 2022.