{"id":1066,"date":"2022-08-11T13:16:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T13:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/nycs-kota-the-friend-fltbys-turn-sights-to-denver-for-flight-night-global-hip-hop-festival\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T13:16:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T13:16:08","slug":"nycs-kota-the-friend-fltbys-turn-sights-to-denver-for-flight-night-global-hip-hop-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/?p=1066","title":{"rendered":"NYC&#8217;s Kota the Friend &#038; FLTBYS Turn Sights to Denver for \u2018Flight Night\u2019 Global Hip-Hop Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>photo by Sarah B. Schneider @sarahbschneider | Music Content Provided <a href=\"https:\/\/todayshiphop.com\/\">TodaysHipHop.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New York City&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kotathefriend\/\"><strong>Kota the Friend<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fltbys.com\/\"><strong>FLTBYS<\/strong><\/a> (Flight Boys) will continue their global &#8216;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fltbys.com\/flight-night-tour\/\">Flight Night<\/a>&#8216; Hip-Hop Festival<\/strong><strong> Series<\/strong> in Denver, on <strong>Friday, September 9<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022 at Cervantes Masterpiece <\/strong>with <strong>Kota the Friend<\/strong> headlining.<\/p>\n<p>In its early days, Flight Night was a showcase for some of the best upcoming talent in New York; the original Flight Night showcase was held at Two Steps Down Restaurant in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and featured the late <strong>Capital Steez<\/strong>,<strong> Phony Ppl<\/strong>, and <strong>Dyme a Duzin<\/strong><em>. <\/em>\u00a0A young <strong>Joey Bada$$<\/strong> was also a frequent attendee of Flight Night shows and formed Pro Era right outside a Flight Night Event.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Flight Night has become a global celebration of independence, embracing a mission to shine the spotlight on underrepresented indie artists at each festival stop, punctuated by a performance by Kota the Friend.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEver since 2008 we\u2019ve been giving people the opportunity to get on stage, when no one else was giving the opportunity,\u201d<\/em> said Kota. <em>\u201cFlight Boys has always been a company for young people who just want to do something but have no platform.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Flight Night\u2019s most recent stop brought back-to-back sold out shows at <strong>Sony Hall<\/strong> in NYC. Indie performers <strong>Sha Summers, Samuel Limata, Ace Clark, Hello O\u2019shay, Iso Indies, Lizzy Ashliegh, Brianna Castro, Israel Autumns, Bungalow Collect <\/strong>and<strong> Ty Vybz <\/strong>took full advantage of their 15-minute spotlights, and Kota the Friend ended the night with an exclamation point.\u00a0 <em>\u201cSo dope to be out here with all these crazy talented artists,\u201d <\/em>shared Limata.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado and Kota have always had a special relationship, and the Brooklyn Lyricist\u2019s most streamed song pays homage it\u2019s namesake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"%20https:\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3DbBgbnDUOml329rAp2Tbr?si=c57f0c25562a49fb\">\u00a0https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3DbBgbnDUOml329rAp2Tbr?si=c57f0c25562a49fb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While <strong>Denver<\/strong> (Cervantes, 9\/9\/22) and <strong>Harrisburg <\/strong>(HMAC 11\/11\/22) are next up, FLTBYS has announced international stops in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets <\/strong>for Denver Flight Night are on sale now and can be purchased at <a href=\"http:\/\/flightnight.com\/%20\">flightnight.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo by Sarah B. Schneider @sarahbschneider | Music Content Provided TodaysHipHop.com New York City&#8217;s Kota the Friend and FLTBYS (Flight Boys) will continue their global &#8216;Flight Night&#8216; Hip-Hop Festival Series in Denver, on Friday, September 9th, 2022 at Cervantes Masterpiece with Kota the Friend headlining. 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