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photo by Tyler Blint-Welsh \/ Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

New York City hip hop artist KOTA The Friend<\/strong> continues his rise to fame as an Independent artist. This week he was featured in the Wall Street Journal<\/strong> in their ‘Take a Break With<\/strong>‘ segment.\u00a0 In the interview with Wall Street Journal KOTA says “any time you’re dependent on a 3rd party for your success you’re kind of in a bad position”. He was talking about being independent from record labels.<\/p>\n

KOTA also explained to WSJ how “the image of Prince writing SLAVE on his face during a performance to protest his record label is etched in his mind”. He went on to say “our work has been exploited for generation and generations.”\u00a0 Read the full Wall Street Journal article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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