Comedian Steve Flye “IAmFlye” Talks Comedy, His New Hit Song + More

ButterB: Welcome to 2KIB. To start off the interview, can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got started in comedy.

Steve:  I’m an only child, so my mother and father put me in schools for gifted children. Starting when I was in elementary school. It was a place where if you wanted to focus on fine arts  for instance singing, playing an instrument, or acting.. you could do that. And because of that.. I just naturally gravitated towards making people laugh, I was voted the funniest guy in my school, out of high school.. even though I got good grades and I was a serious person.. but I just knew how to take advantage of moments .. ( like my teacher would say “ what country did America fight in the war of 1812?”…and I would scream out “Poland, Land of the Po”) little stuff like that… I would make everyone laugh, even the teachers. I didn’t really think to do comedy, what I really wanted to be was an actor. I was 5 years old when I first knew that I wanted to move to Hollywood someday. (To become an actor). I got my first local commercial when I was 8 years old. It was a black history commercial in the city of Houston. That was the first time I got to be on TV. I went through college and used to do skits in college for the football team. I hosted one of the talent shows. When I got out of college I began getting jobs to save up and move to LA. I ended up being a bartender and a bouncer at a comedy club ( “the laugh stop” in Houston), I got into an accident where my hand got cut and I couldn’t bartend, so they told me they wanted me to work the door. I would see the comedians go up, night in and night out and after a while, I was like “ I can’t believe they keep paying this dude”. This guy was horrible! It was one dude, who would perform every night and no one would be laughing. I would sit there and watch them sign his checks. So they had a contest and I figured I would get in the contest, and it was my first time doing stand-up and I won the whole contest. 

ButterB: Are there any recent projects that you have done or planning on doing in the near future?

Steve: I Have a song that just dropped. It’s on every major music platform. It’s called “Ashy Titties”. I haven’t dropped the challenge for the song yet, but once I drop it on Tik Tok, it’s going to be a wrap. If you think about the whole concept of Ashy titties, you can’t get away. It’s going to stick to you. It’s all about staying moisturized haha. It’s going to be a nice challenge. I’m telling you  the first thing with this song, it’s the stupidest in the world to have fun saying. Just say it out loud. You know what I was thinking about, I wanted to talk about the fact that I’m sure Anchorage Alaska has Ashy Titties. Detroit Michigan has Ashy Titties. It is such a fun song. This Is just the beginning, I’m about to drop a whole album.

ButterB: Is your birth name actually ‘Steve Flye’ or did you give yourself that name?

Steve: I was born Flye. 

ButterB: that’s dope, that’s such a cool name

Steve: thanks, I appreciate that. It’s crazy cause I didn’t realize it but I had a lot of people judge me because of my last name. For example, when I was playing football in college.. everyone would get called by their last name, it was on the back of your Jersey, so the coaches would know who they were yelling at. That’s what it’s on there for. My last name is Flye, so every time I walked up someone would say “ hey what’s up Flye”. And if someone was there that didn’t know me, they would immediately think (like you did) that I made that name up.

ButterB: Actually, that’s really good for constant positive feedback too. When people came up to you  and were like “what’s up Flye” their Subliminally reinforcing a positive message to you, that you’re fly. 

Steve: You know what is crazy, You’re the first person I ever had this level of conversation with about my name. for you to be able to have the vision to see  that, and what it has done for me in my life, it made me be or always try to be as cool as my name. When people say “Flye” and it makes them smile when they say it, it makes me always want to be that cool to everyone I meet. 

ButterB: Right, you kinda live up to the expectation of your name. that’s awesome!

ButterB: I know you mentioned acting before, Have you ever thought about pursuing more of an acting career then comedy?

Steve: I actually did, I’ve been on TV A lot. I’ve been on CSI. I was a crime scene. I played a dead black guy HaHa.

ButterB: haha that’s dope. I would love to hear more about that episode

Steve: I was an LA gang-banger and there was a fight in Vegas. I was walking to my seat and I stepped on this guys foot… but I’m a gang banger, so I don’t give a f***. Turns out I stepped on the rival LA gang leaders foot. So him and all of his boys stand up. And it’s just me with some popcorn on my hand. You can guess what happened after that lol. This was probably my favorite acting role because of what I got paid and how it was. They flew me out to Vegas, and it was the first time I ever saw a duffel bag full of money. It was definitely some mafia type s***. It was cool haha. 

ButterB:  What would be you’re advice to anyone that wanted to pursue Stand up comedy as an career?

Steve: I would say don’t quit. Only thing I have is don’t quit. If you’re not famous ( like I’m  not famous at comedy, I’m popular but I’m not famous) people size you up. They’re like “ I can do comedy if this guy can do comedy”. What they mean when they say that though, is they can go on stage 1 time. To be a comedian means it means that you do this day in and day out forever. 

ButterB: What are your thoughts on the Coronavirus?

“If I didn’t cough on you or sneeze your way, you shouldn’t be offended by anything I’m saying“

Steve: It’s weird to me because everyone is trying to figure out what is going on. The new normal may be what’s going on now. It’s scary, but I think this whole thing can go on, at least until Christmas. They’re not going to tell us that up front because people are already ready to lose their minds. If we were in a place in society where people had more morality,this wouldn’t be as bad. But instead we got 20 years of ratchet and where people think the most Idiotic behavior is what’s going to get them attention.  They say an idle mind is the devil’s workshop. People are telling themselves they’re bored after 2 days, what’s going to happen after 4 months.I do believe through that if we recover and go back to what used to be normal ( going to comedy clubs again, dance clubs, festivals) were going to come back way stronger because we would have left the offended society behind. The offended society almost is ruining comedy. The whole concept where someone is like “ OMG I’m offended”… I’m offended you’re offended. I think Because of this thing now, people can’t be offended by what I say. If I didn’t cough on you or sneeze your way, you shouldn’t be offended by anything I’m saying. I’m hoping that if we do get back as society, that we stay away from that offended culture because that s**t is corny. 

ButterB: Who was you’re first celebrity crush

Steve: I would have to say Jane Kennedy

ButterB: what was the last song that you downloaded?

Steve: Ashy Titties

ButterB: haha… So You’re KeepitButter Question is……… Why do women take the guy with a nice car and a terrible personality over the guy with a nice personality and a bus pass?

Steve: You want the real answer?

Butter: yes absolutely. Here at 2KIB.. we want the raw honest answers. Especially for the butter question. Keep it butter.

Steve: It’s cause human beings are inherently lazy. They want to be able to lay around and do whatever they want. Every women would rather take Joe millionaire because Joe millionaire is going to make it where she doesn’t have to do s***. The other guy, she’s going to have to get a job and a bus pass

ButterB: Thank you for you’re time! Really appreciate! Had a fun time! Wish you the best of luck

Steve: Thank you!  Stay safe, healthy and keep it Butter!