[1] Lay Phyu was born on 19 May 1965 in Inlay Lake, Shan State, Myanmar along with his younger brother Ah Nge.

Since his early career days, Lay Phyu became successful in his first album Gandarya Lamin (Desert Moon) and helped define the genre of Burmese rock music.

Even with the copy songs written together with his Iron Cross associates, Lay Phyu gave a fresh boost to Myanmar's Music Industry.

In 2008, when Cyclone Nargis struck the South Western regions of Myanmar, Iron Cross as well as many other famous artists formed a collaboration of songs as to raise funds to help victims rebuild their livelihoods.

The same anonymous sponsor published and performed a song "a yay ma kyi bue" ( Not the end of the world ) in the same year, dedicated towards his twin daughters he had lost.

[3] Despite this, he made a ridiculous joke during a performance at a VIP restaurant in Nay Pyi Taw, saying he didn't understand what 'BC' (boycott) means and even what A to Z are.