As news of Bill Cosby’s impending freedom continues to circulate, another shocking development is gaining traction on Twitter. Kota The Friend, who dropped his Statik Selektah collab To Kill A Sunrise in March, is being accused of predatory sexual behavior by a woman who goes by @teyonie on the social media platform.
According to the woman’s cascade of accusatory tweets, Kota The Friend allegedly forced himself on her sexually, strangled her and threatened her if she retaliated in any way — and she says she has proof.
“Can we discuss how abusive and manipulative Kota The Friend is?” she begins. “This dude literally strangled me, forced himself on me sexually and put me through crazy mental abuse. He portrays himself to be this wholesome n-gga but in reality he’s a whole predator. I have physical screenshots, emails. I have an actual audio recording of him while he physically put his hands on me. A police report filed on March 17. I also have audio of him threatening to hire someone to hurt me if I were to retaliate.”
The woman explained she’s known Kota The Friend for over six years and at one point had a consensual relationship with him before his music career began to take off. Although she says she tried to stay silent on the matter, she feels she has a duty to other women to stand up for what’s right.
“Sad part is I really didn’t even want shit to get to this point,” she continues. “I hate attention and I damn sure hate the idea of causing harm to other people. But it’s a bigger issue than me. He needs to be accountable for the trauma he puts women through.”
But then she says she doesn’t want to “paint him as a flat out racist and woman beater” and instead, wants to focus on how damaging the alleged “mental abuse and grooming” was to her. She added, “This is the last thing I’m going to say on this topic. I spoke my truth about the things I’ve endured 2020-2021 and I’m ready to wash my hands of this man.”
In conclusion, the woman says she doesn’t want anything out of Kota The Friend — just accountability.
“I met him when he was 21 and I was 16,” she adds. “Accountability to me looks like him stopping his abusive behavior and getting professional help. I have no desire for money, clout, resources. I simply want this man to get help. He’s not ok.”
As she stated, Kota The Friend appears on the surface as a rapper who has his priorities straight. On the To Kill A Sunrise album, Kota made it clear he was in the middle of an important part of his evolution as not just an artist but also a man. For example, “Day Glow” found him rapping about appreciating the simplicity of life, his role as a father and being a loyal partner with lines such as, “I’m never racin’ shit, I’m savin’ my stimmy/I got a lot to lose but I don’t got a lot to prove.”
Hailing from Brooklyn, Kota The Friend dropped his debut mixtape Palm Tree Liquor in 2016 and followed up with 2017’s Paloma Beach. But he arguably found the most success with his fourth studio album Everything, which featured appearances from Joey Bada$$, Bas, and KYLE, among others. The album went on to peak at No. 162 on the Billboard 200.
HipHopDX reached out to a source close to Kota The Friend who declined to comment past denying the allegations.
Me too is coming after Kota now? SMH
how is it the me too movement when there is clearly ONE person with the claims?
Is this your first time reading one of this guy’s posts? He stays on his ignorant shit. It’s crazy how triggering women are for him lol A valid question on your end. I just wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for an articulate answer from captain save a bro
Thanks TIP…tired of this shit with all these men going down…i’m willing to bet most of them are false…..this is an attack on men….str8 men at that….ridiculous.
You spelled “Ameer Vann” incorrectly.
why would u post this? its just one person talking with no evidence whatsover.
That’s a joke right? When Bieber was accused with no proof it was all over. It was one woman. This rapper has a wiki page and all of a sudden we don’t believe survivors? When it’s a republican white anyone people seem to want to believe in 2 seconds
Why do these people get on Twitter and shit and tell their business? Shit is weird. Go talk to a counselor or some shit.
maybe there’s sex in the Friend Zone after all?
First Bill gets freed after deez lyin ass hoes cost him 2 yrs of his legendary life now another mud duck ass bitch wanna drag a brotha down to hell with you bitch I hope he sues yo fake ass oversized eyelashes off ya STANKIN ASS BITCH
If you listen to his lyrics you can hear how he is. Like actually. He says a lot without saying it directly.
“Tell me you are a narc without telling me you’re a narc” Emotional abuse, verbal abuse, with high emotional intelligence raised by a narc causes you to be emotionally manipulative. He chases women, tries to control them, creates a emotional trauma bond with every relationship.. guessing it has something to do with his mom? Unresolved trauma causes you to behave in ways you’re damn well aware of.. but still continue to act.. even if you know its not healthy.. it feeds something that you are comfortable with somewhere in your brain.
TL;DR MENS MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT. ITS NOT ALL MEN. SOME ARE ACTUALLY MAKING EFFORTS TO CHANGE AND ARE AWARE OF THEIR TOXIC BEHAVIOR.
You’re an idiot if you believe these Twitter allegations. Nothing you said adds up to the allegations so what are you talking about? Sounds like the story was embelished to make it sound exciting for Twitter, but the allegations have been proven to be false based on everything I’ve seen and heard.
This was found to be false. Just 2 ex girlfriends mad. One was mad because he stopped paying her rent and the other was mad because he broke up with her in the mroning and she started the allegations that night. He’s still making music and they’re still clout chasing. Twitter trollsrun amuck,