{"id":936,"date":"2021-09-01T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/brooklyn-hip-hop-producer-kota-the-friend-talks-family-new-music-and-expansion-of-flight-night-to-the-global-stage-showcasing-indie-artists\/"},"modified":"2021-09-01T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:04:00","slug":"brooklyn-hip-hop-producer-kota-the-friend-talks-family-new-music-and-expansion-of-flight-night-to-the-global-stage-showcasing-indie-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/?p=936","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Hip Hop Producer Kota The Friend Talks Family, New Music and Expansion of Flight Night to the Global Stage Showcasing Indie Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Content provided by Todays Hip Hop<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Jack Carenza for TodaysHipHop.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s never been confusion as to the honesty of Brooklyn\u2019s Kota the Friend<\/strong><\/a>, even when it comes in the form of swagger.\u00a0 On pristine new single \u201996 Bulls<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, he claims in a potent final verse, (\u201cI\u2019m a unicorn in my industry\u201d).\u00a0 This line reverberates with indisputable truth as Kota approaches the rap game with distinctive artistic humility, and allegorical commercial independence.\u00a0 The mythology of Kota grows each time he distances himself from the historically discriminatory and greedy clutches of record labels, each time his lyrics plainly edge a listener toward the crusade for simplicity, clarity, and inner peace.\u00a0 With Kota the Friend at the helm, internal serenity feels achievable.\u00a0 And what\u2019s more is he provides palpable, relatable solutions for our everyday struggles: love and loyalty to family<\/em>, finding peace through nature and personal space, self-reflection, embracing and subsequently discarding flaws.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI think I often write things that I need to hear. Sometimes when I write I\u2019m trying to manifest things into my life. I think it just comes out that way sometimes and sometimes it\u2019s intentional.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the face of adversity, and injurious external forces, Kota has displayed remarkable maturity and poise, almost as if he has heeded the advice of his own music.\u00a0 Rather than display hate, or self-destruct, he has turned to his love for creation, his love for his son, his earnest mission to build a simple, safe, and comfortable life, to accumulate generational wealth.\u00a0 Self-control has only bolstered Kota\u2019s shine and has provided a clear path for one of hip-hop\u2019s most promising, endearing stars to create with trademark clarity, candor, and love.\u00a0 We had a chance to catch up with Kota to discuss his dynamic plans for 2021 and beyond:<\/p>\n

What are you listening to lately? \u00a0Any favorite record\/album of 2021 to date?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Vince Staples record is my favorite of 2021. Lately I\u2019ve been listening to a lot of soulful covers. I recently discovered a Sade and Neptune\u2019s mash up of \u2018By your Side\u2019 and I can listen to it all day. Anything soulful and calm that makes me feel good.<\/em><\/p>\n

Describe your writing process \u2013 do you generally write to a beat, or write lyrics and apply them to a beat where they fit?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I usually need to hear a beat that resonates with me in the moment. A lot of times I will revisit a beat that I Initially didn\u2019t like and suddenly be inspired to write. Sometimes I just have a sample and a drum track and that\u2019s enough for me to write an entire song. I\u2019m heavily inspired by the music.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Content provided by Todays Hip Hop by Jack Carenza for TodaysHipHop.com There\u2019s never been confusion as to the honesty of Brooklyn\u2019s Kota the Friend, even when it comes in the form of swagger.\u00a0 On pristine new single \u201996 Bulls, he claims in a potent final verse, (\u201cI\u2019m a unicorn in my industry\u201d).\u00a0 This line reverberates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsvillenews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}