Kota the Friend

Name: Kota the Friend
Start: 2025-09-12T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-09-12T23:00:00-06:00
Location: Sister

Schedule

Fri Sep 12 2025 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Sister | Albuquerque, NM

About Kota The Friend
Avery Marcel Joshua Jones (born October 16 1992) known by his stage name KOTA The Friend is an American rapper singer songwriter and record producer born and raised in Brooklyn New York. He got his stage name from the Disney movie Brother Bear and is actually a Native American word “Koda” meaning friend. Kota most recently released his 5th Lyrics to Go album titled ‘Lyrics to Go Volume 5’.
Kota started playing the trumpet in the 4th grade in a Brooklyn public school. He was able to get accepted into music programs in middle school high school and college as a trumpet player. After Kota left college he started his music career as a writer and performer.
Kota the Friend release his debut mixtape Palm Tree Liquor in 2016 followed by his second mixtape Paloma Beach in 2017. In 2018 he released his third mixtape the lengthier Anything with 2019 marking the release of his first independent studio album FOTO followed by the Lyrics to GO Vol. 1 compilation in January 2020 and then his second studio album EVERYTHING in late May of the same year. Kota then went on to release Lyrics to GO Vol.2 in January 2021 and the collaborative project To K*ll A Sunrise with Statik Selektah later in March. Lyrics to GO Vol.3 was surprise-released in January 2022 with Kota’s third studio album MEMO following in July of that year. Kota the Friend has spent the last couple years of his life traveling the world.