KOTA The Friend is a hip hop artist and musician from Brooklyn, NY. At an early age he found
his love for music and hip hop, R & B, Jazz and Soul music during the infamous 90's era. By the
time young KOTA was 8 years old 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 where 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.