Kota The Friend

“personal, often introspective lyrics and jazz-inflected beats” – AllMusic

KOTA The Friend is a hip-hop artist and musician from Brooklyn, NY. He found his love for music and hip hop, R&B, jazz and soul music at an early age. This occurred during the infamous 90’s era. Here, at age 8, he joined his school’s music program and excelled as a trumpet player. In high school KOTA was the leader of the trumpet section while teaching himself to play the guitar and piano. During this time, he also picked up two weekend jobs to build a home studio. There, he would record hip-hop tracks as well as folk songs that were accompanied by his guitar playing. After high school, KOTA would later go on to attend schools for the performing arts. Mastering instrument after instrument, he is a guitarist, keyboardist, and bass player, now producing/writing his own music.

KOTA has been releasing music non-stop. Further, he has been featured by XXL magazine, Fader, Billboard, Pigeons & Plans, HipHopDX, Nylon, The Source, Milk, and many other blogs. But more than anything, he continues to make music for the people that need it… his fans.

He released his fourth studio release, FOTO, in 2019. He followed this with a U.S. headlining tour.

KOTA The Friend’s Music & Episode Series is located on all major streaming platforms.

Recommended for fans of Mick Jenkins, Robert Glasper, Westside Boogie and Anderson.Paak.

LEARN MORE: https://soundcloud.com/KOTATHEFRIEND