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by Noah Adaikkalam<\/p>\n

Recently, I was lucky enough to interview Kota the Friend over the phone, and then go to his concert at the Middle East. Both in the interview and during the concert, Kota has a very strong, yet relaxed energy. He is confident in his sound, and it translates into really clean and intimate performances. I ran into him before the show, just walking around outside, and he was relaxed, all smiles, happy to see us, and happy to put on a show.<\/p>\n

Songs were broken up intermittently by spoken word performances, slowing the already intimate concert space down for a second and making us all feel a little closer, and pay a bit more attention. It drew us all in for a second, contrasting the music’s loud magnetism with a quiet unity.  <\/p>\n

He brought people up three times, and I was lucky enough to go up twice. While performing songs, if the audience was especially into it, Kota would let the people in the front finish his bars. He glanced over the entire audience, locking eyes with people who could sing the whole bars. During \u201cColorado,\u201d him and I shared one of those moments.<\/p>\n

Kota the Friend is an extremely talented Brooklyn based artists on the brink of hitting it big. Beyond just a musician, Kota is a level headed man who wants to influence the world through his art, regardless of its medium. I wanted to interview him and hopefully get a chance to share what he has to say. I asked him about his music, music videos, his brand, his journey and Brooklyn. <\/p>\n

Below you can read our interview:<\/p>\n

Would you mind saying a little bit about the process from highschool to now in your career, and what that was like? <\/strong><\/p>\n

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When I was in highschool I was just trying something different. I didn\u2019t like school, you know? I didn\u2019t like the system, I didn\u2019t like how everything was run, I was just like \u201cI didn\u2019t wanna be part of the same system everyone is part of\u201d where they go to school, they go to college, they get a degree… So I was thinkin\u2019 that way in like the 10th grade\u2026 I\u2019ve been working since I was 13, so I was using that money to create shirts, and I was giving them out to my friends. I was putting together showcases and little venus, it was like a big deal. There\u2019s an article where Joey BadA$$ is talking about rapping outside the venu where I was doing my show… And now, it\u2019s like present day, where I have a lot of fans, and internationally, and I figured it was the perfect time to bring that back, and now it\u2019s way easier for me to merch, it\u2019s way easier for me to, you know, everything is very organized, it makes sense cause I\u2019m older, everyone around me is older, and I have people helpin\u2019 me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I like your music videos a lot. It\u2019s a really good vibe you have as a videographer and the way you are able to visualize your sound is something really awesome. What got you started on that? How do you feel as a director? <\/strong><\/p>\n

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When I\u2019m making the music I can already imagine the video. What I do in my videos is I kinda just create a theme. I started doing my one shot videos because I didn\u2019t have the money to get a real video shot, with drones or multiple camera angles, and this, and the moving camera. I have equipment, but I can\u2019t pay somebody the right amount to actually get it done the right way. So I found a way to get it done really clean. I can do it by myself, I can edit it the way I wanted too, and it\u2019ll come out dope. So I just pushed the envelope of creativity, I was like \u201cYou know what, I\u2019ll do one shot videos and I\u2019ll just make the shot look hella dope.\u201d So that\u2019s what I focus on, I just focus on making that one shot look hella good, and then I put it through the editing, color grade it. I just got really good at this specific thing and that has gotten better over time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Are you worried about our sound kind of Shifting or changing like too much as you get bigger as you grow more as an artist like why or why not?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not really scared about that because I know whatever it is I make is going to be true to who I am and it\u2019s going to be real and untampered with. Nobody is going to touch the sound except for me. Whatever I make, the fact that it is going to come from me, it\u2019s going to resonate with people and people are going to connect. No matter what it\u2019s going to be a direct representation of what I am going through, or what’s on my mind, the people I\u2019m meetin\u2019, the place I\u2019m goin. I look at it as art. I don\u2019t look at it as \u201cbecause public opinion was this my project isn\u2019t good.\u201d  So yea, I\u2019m not really afraid about that. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

How do you feel about the gentrification taking place in Brooklyn and what do you hope to either keep afloat or bring back to the community with your music? <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Um, gentrification is definitely a problem, ya know. Culturally it really messes with things because certain people are targeted and certain people benefit. That\u2019s really what\u2019s messed up about it. It\u2019s happened before it even happened in my community. I guess what I try to do is like, I\u2019m from a neighborhood that was really gentrified, but I don\u2019t shy away from saying that I\u2019m from where I\u2019m from because there are still people just like me left over in the neighborhood that represent a deeper sense of community because we\u2019re still here. Honestly, I just wanna represent my neighborhood the best I can, and at the same time I\u2019m the last remnants of it. I\u2019m here to remind people of what it used to be and the ideas that come out of it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I noticed a lot of your stuff is under your own label right, FLTBYS? How have you managed to make that work, and do you hope to continue producing stuff under your name?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Honestly the longer that I do music and the more fans that I get, the less appealing anything else looks. The less appealing a record label or a record deal, the fact that in 2019, it\u2019s not 2018 anymore, the fact that in 2019 we have all these opportunities  as artists to do what we want the way we want with our own resources. You\u2019re literally paying 50 or 20 dollars a month per album, and less for singles, to get em published and put em on all streaming services, so that’s a crazy opportunity for us to do our own marketing and get ourselves out there. We don\u2019t have to be discovered anymore. That’s the beauty of it, it\u2019s freedom, you can\u2019t put a price on freedom. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At this point in your career, what would you say has been the your biggest achievement, the moment you look back on and you feel the best about, professionally speaking?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Its honestly to pinpoint one thing. Cause, the way I felt when I step foot in South Africa was unmatched, and then at the same time, the way that I felt when I stepped foot in Europe was crazy. The build-up. I don\u2019t think that I had a real moment, it was such the steady build up, it was grind, and sweat, and blood and tears and all that. It wasn\u2019t like I got picked up by somebody or got signed and then I was popping. But I do remember a moment where it was just like \u201cwow, I made it from a certain place to another place\u201d and that was when I did my first show in LA… But literally, we start walking up to the venu and all I hear is \u201cYo Kota, Kota\u201d and everybody is on the line for me. I\u2019m signin peoples shirts, I\u2019m signin peoples arms, I taking picture with everybody, I have to borrow somebody’s phone so I can take a picture with somebody. It was just crazy. The love that they showed me. It was the first time that anything like that had ever happened. That’s when I realized, \u201cyo, we really did this, and we really doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Who do you think are the people around you that supported you through rough times?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I owe that to a few people. My parents, some beautiful people, they\u2019re there for me. Obviously they had some doubts about my life style but now they understand. My dad, he\u2019s always ready to help me, and after awhile he definitely believed in everything I say and do. My homegirl, she\u2019s been with me on tour, to africa, to europe, around the country. Her name is Lizzy and she\u2019s a singer herself, she\u2019s dope. The mother of my child, she\u2019s helped me, a lot of times, with her opinion, and just being there. Honestly, there’s more people, but I\u2019ve always been able to choose good friends, everybody in my life is kinda this great person that I\u2019m tryna learn from. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Your music kinda cycles back, there will be a whole project, and then kinda three or four singles, and then another project, and then however many singles. Do you kinda wanna speak to that process or your creative process as a whole?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Honestly, the way I look at music is this really unconventional way. Like I drop music when I wanna drop music. A lot of people, they\u2019ll create a plan, but there\u2019s so many things I wanna do other than music in the future, and right now, I wanna put out music, so I\u2019m gonna put out music. I\u2019m not afraid of getting a response from blogs, or the \u201cresponse I want.\u201d I feel like anything will blow up when it\u2019s supposed to. An so, I kinda just release music and keep on doing my thing. If I wanna release something, I\u2019ll release it, if I don\u2019t then I don\u2019t release it. I don\u2019t uh, go by any rules that people create. I don\u2019t drop stuff Monday when everybody is by they computer and gets to work. When you think, people say \u201cI don\u2019t care,\u201d but then they go by every rule in the book. I started thinking like, \u201cI really don\u2019t care.\u201d So I don\u2019t really have a process. I\u2019m droppin singles, I\u2019m droppin music, people love it, I\u2019m droppin videos, bein\u2019 creative, keepin it goin and when I\u2019m ready to do an album, people will know that I\u2019m doin\u2019 an album. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I am extremely thankful that I got the opportunity to interview, meet, and go up on stage with him. KOTA the Friend brings a unique, grounded, jazz and rap, sound that speaks to his Brooklyn roots. He should have some new merch dropping soon and just released his new single, with his trademark one shot video, \u201cOff White<\/a>.\u201d Keep your eye on his Twitter<\/a> and his website<\/a> for new music and new merch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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