{"id":20883,"date":"2022-08-11T09:16:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T13:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/nycs-kota-the-friend-fltbys-turn-sights-to-denver-for-flight-night-global-hip-hop-festival\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:40:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:40:42","slug":"nycs-kota-the-friend-fltbys-turn-sights-to-denver-for-flight-night-global-hip-hop-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/nycs-kota-the-friend-fltbys-turn-sights-to-denver-for-flight-night-global-hip-hop-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC’s Kota the Friend & FLTBYS Turn Sights to Denver for \u2018Flight Night\u2019 Global Hip-Hop Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

photo by Sarah B. Schneider @sarahbschneider | Music Content Provided TodaysHipHop.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

New York City’s Kota the Friend<\/strong><\/a> and FLTBYS<\/strong><\/a> (Flight Boys) will continue their global ‘Flight Night<\/a>‘ Hip-Hop Festival<\/strong> Series<\/strong> in Denver, on Friday, September 9th<\/sup>, 2022 at Cervantes Masterpiece <\/strong>with Kota the Friend<\/strong> headlining.<\/p>\n

In its early days, Flight Night was a showcase for some of the best upcoming talent in New York; the original Flight Night showcase was held at Two Steps Down Restaurant in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and featured the late Capital Steez<\/strong>, Phony Ppl<\/strong>, and Dyme a Duzin<\/strong>. <\/em>\u00a0A young Joey Bada$$<\/strong> was also a frequent attendee of Flight Night shows and formed Pro Era right outside a Flight Night Event.<\/p>\n

Today, Flight Night has become a global celebration of independence, embracing a mission to shine the spotlight on underrepresented indie artists at each festival stop, punctuated by a performance by Kota the Friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cEver since 2008 we\u2019ve been giving people the opportunity to get on stage, when no one else was giving the opportunity,\u201d<\/em> said Kota. \u201cFlight Boys has always been a company for young people who just want to do something but have no platform.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Flight Night\u2019s most recent stop brought back-to-back sold out shows at Sony Hall<\/strong> in NYC. Indie performers Sha Summers, Samuel Limata, Ace Clark, Hello O\u2019shay, Iso Indies, Lizzy Ashliegh, Brianna Castro, Israel Autumns, Bungalow Collect <\/strong>and Ty Vybz <\/strong>took full advantage of their 15-minute spotlights, and Kota the Friend ended the night with an exclamation point.\u00a0 \u201cSo dope to be out here with all these crazy talented artists,\u201d <\/em>shared Limata.<\/p>\n

Colorado and Kota have always had a special relationship, and the Brooklyn Lyricist\u2019s most streamed song pays homage it\u2019s namesake.<\/p>\n

\u00a0https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/3DbBgbnDUOml329rAp2Tbr?si=c57f0c25562a49fb<\/a><\/p>\n

While Denver<\/strong> (Cervantes, 9\/9\/22) and Harrisburg <\/strong>(HMAC 11\/11\/22) are next up, FLTBYS has announced international stops in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Tickets <\/strong>for Denver Flight Night are on sale now and can be purchased at flightnight.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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