{"id":169,"date":"2018-06-11T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycbusinessdaily\/brooklyn-hip-hop-artist-kota-the-friend-and-islide-collaborate-on-fltbys-flightboys-branded-sandals\/"},"modified":"2018-06-12T17:17:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T17:17:02","slug":"brooklyn-hip-hop-artist-kota-the-friend-and-islide-collaborate-on-fltbys-flightboys-branded-sandals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/nycbusinessdaily\/brooklyn-hip-hop-artist-kota-the-friend-and-islide-collaborate-on-fltbys-flightboys-branded-sandals\/","title":{"rendered":"BROOKLYN HIP-HOP ARTIST KOTA THE FRIEND AND ISLIDE COLLABORATE ON FLTBYS (FlightBoys) BRANDED SANDALS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BROOKLYN, NY \u2013 JUNE 11, 2018<\/strong> \u2013 Today, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fltbys.com\"><strong>FLTBYS<\/strong><\/a> lifestyle apparel brand, founded by emerging hip-hop artist, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kotathefriend.com\/\">Kota the Friend<\/a><\/strong>, introduced their new summer footwear line, a collaboration with iSlide, to be sold exclusively on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fltbys.com\/\">FLTBYS<\/a><\/strong> website.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8512\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/KotatheFriend-FLTBYS-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\u201cI like to wear sandals on stage so this collaboration with iSlide was an easy decision for me and my team. They\u2019re comfortable and their tagline (Stand In What You Stand For), connects with the FLTBYS lifestyle\u201d, stated, <strong>Kota the Friend<\/strong>. \u201cTheFLTBYS lifestyle is about being on your grind and standing up for what you believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re really excited to be collaborating with Kota the Friend and FLTBYS for this upcoming release. Their sense and mixture of culture, music, and fashion is awesome and exactly where we envision\u00a0ourselves to be. This collab just makes a lot of sense and we couldn&#8217;t be more optimistic&#8221;, stated <strong>Stephen Basden, Marketing, iSlide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>FLTBYS joins an exclusive group of entertainers, that includes French Montanta, to have exclusive branded collaborations with iSlide.<\/p>\n<p>See the full FLTBYS lifestyle apparel collection at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fltbys.com\">www.fltbys.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8508\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/FLTBYS-iSlides-Red-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" \/>ABOUT <\/strong><strong>FLTBYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fltbys.com\/\">FLTBYS<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(FlightBoys) is\u00a0a hip-hop and skate culture brand, created by hip-hop lyricist\u00a0<strong><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kotathefriend.com\/\">Kota the Friend<\/a><\/u><\/strong>. The brand originated in 2008 when Kota the Friend was a student at Brooklyn HS of Performing Arts. The brand created the infamous Flight Night event, featuring top underground artists from NYC to LA, and beyond. FLTBYS products are sold globally, with sales from Beirut to Brooklyn, and everyplace in between.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kim Swain<\/p>\n<p>JIG\u00a0 Media<\/p>\n<p>Tel: 718.285.9351<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:kim@jig.media\">kim@jig.media<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BROOKLYN, NY \u2013 JUNE 11, 2018 \u2013 Today, FLTBYS lifestyle apparel brand, founded by emerging hip-hop artist, Kota the Friend, introduced their new summer footwear line, a collaboration with iSlide, to be sold exclusively on the FLTBYS website. \u201cI like to wear sandals on stage so this collaboration with iSlide was an easy decision for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5777,"featured_media":170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-retail-news-nyc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - 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