His Motto is Dough Ova Everything: Fly Ly

How did you settle/choose the name FLY LY?

Well my name is Lydell and growing up i always hung around dudes that were older than me, so they always called me "Young Ly", I started getting a lil money and used that to buy the things I seen The stars on TV wear, and I'd be out running the streets in thousand dollar outfits, make a long story short people in the Neighborhood would joke around and call Me "FLY YOUNG LY" I got a lil Older, started making music and dropped the "young" because there were so many rappers with that in the begining of thyre name! I wanted to stand out! so i dropped the young and stuck with FLY! and there you have it,FLY LY! (laughs)

What are your feelings towards rap/hip-hop now? Who do you feel is really representing?

I'm loving hip hop right now i feel like its alot of young talent out there waiting for there chance, but theres alot of angry ol heads complainin about the state of hip hop,I think theyre unhappy there relevance is fading! but its whatever, FLY LY and Above Tha Law Records is gonna Kick these doors down for the young hungry artist waiting for they're turn!

I'm definitely feeling the chicago movement going on guys like Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Common, Kid Sister, The Cool Kids, are really representing and showing unity amongst eachother, I think thats really cool considering they come from a city with one of the highest killing rates in the US, I think its great how they represent for they're city and hip hop!


How hard is for you to get your "sound" out? Like most people today don't really have creative control over their music. How would you advise others to take control of their medium?

Ummm i think technology is making it a lil easier to get my sound out. different
things the net has to offer such as blogs, myspace, facebook, and different hip hop websites help me get my sound out. I just dropped a mixtape on myspace and I'm getting a great response from people all over the world. So my advice others is to just make the most out of all the resources that are around you, and if your hungry enough you'll find out a way to make them work for you!

Who do you want your music to reach? And what do you want people to get from your music?

I want my music to reach everyone! From men to women, die hard hip hop fans to people who hate hip hop, even kids who are in a single parent home who have a lot of questions that they're mom cant answer, I want them to turn to my music and find answers to those "life" questions. I want people to also just feel like they just heard a movie like they been through every experience in my life whether good or bad! hopefully I can help them with some of the things they're going through

What are your plans for the upcoming year? Where do you see FlyLy in the near future?

My plans for the upcoming year are to cotinue to build The Above Tha Law Records brand, continue to become a better artist, and really lay down that foundation to become one of the biggest music icons in the world.

Are there any upcoming event you want the people to know about?

I have a show coming up at the annex theater in the LES section of NYC
You can hit me up on myspace. com/kingflyly for more details.

And I know you got shoutouts let those rip now ...
Shout outs to all my fans and friends who show love and support!
Shout out to my boy JR Holding down the whole west coast, JNot for helping me with all the technical stuff,
Shout outs to Cake she's incredible! Chillz bk's best kept secret
The whole D.O.E clique! free the homie Popular! And be sure to download Fly Muzik!
Above Tha Law Records
D.O.E is tha clique!