{"id":8679,"date":"2021-12-20T10:47:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/?p=8679"},"modified":"2022-05-15T14:44:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T18:44:47","slug":"what-happened-to-kota-the-friend-the-question-is-answered-in-his-song-titled-bitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/what-happened-to-kota-the-friend-the-question-is-answered-in-his-song-titled-bitter\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened to Kota the Friend? The Question is Answered in His Song Titled BITTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article Courtesy TodaysHipHop.com<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo Credit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.okayplayer.com\/music\/kota-the-friend-everything-interview.html\">Ragan Henderson<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Article by Kyle Braxton<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kota the Friend<\/strong>, one of the top Indie hip hop artists and producers in the game right now was falsely accused of abuse accusations by an ex girlfriend over the summer but the social media accusations never materialized into anything other than Twitter chatter. He never faced any legal implication but he was beaten up pretty bad on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Recently Kota put out a song on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vrzSFgjBM80\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0addressing the accusations head on. 99% of his fans stuck with him throughout the social media accusations but there was a small percentage that stopped following him on social media.<\/p>\n<p>His song titled \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vrzSFgjBM80\"><strong>BITTER<\/strong><\/a>\u2019, where he tells his truth about the accusations, has brought back a good number of the fans that left him. It seems as if they were waiting for him to tell his story in his music, as he is known for doing.\u00a0 The support for him has been overwhelming on Instagram as well as on Twitter, which was the main platform that vilified him when the accusations were made.<\/p>\n<p>The video, which is a raw account of his story, brings up a topic that has been the elephant in the room for many men. He talks about being hit by women during his relationships. Other men responded in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Oj1JrXeqavM\"><strong>Comments on YouTube<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0about their similar experiences. Women even apologized about the role they played in hitting men during their own relationships.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vrzSFgjBM80\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This situation may have been painful for Kota to withstand but if nothing else, it brings a serious topic to the forefront for many men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article Courtesy TodaysHipHop.com Photo Credit:\u00a0Ragan Henderson Article by Kyle Braxton Kota the Friend, one of the top Indie hip hop artists and producers in the game right now was falsely accused of abuse accusations by an ex girlfriend over the summer but the social media accusations never materialized into anything other than Twitter chatter. 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