Yes. Kota the Friend has 158 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 158

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Barcelona, Go Now (feat. Haile Supreme), Throwback Thursday ((Johan's Version))

Listed under the artist name 158 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Barcelona

Listed as KOTA the Friend, Samm Henshaw – Barcelona (Protea) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video 9H2hBegTyG8 · row 9H2hBegTyG8

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Go Now (feat. Haile Supreme)

Listed as KOTA the Friend, Statik Selektah – Go Now (feat. Haile Supreme) (To Kill A Sunrise) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video GXCNHOysmcQ · row GXCNHOysmcQ

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Throwback Thursday ((Johan's Version))

Listed as johan lenox, Lil Keed, KOTA The Friend – Throwback Thursday ((Johan's Version)) (World On Fire) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video Kxx2vlmoKRQ · row Kxx2vlmoKRQ

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Apologies

Listed as KOTA the Friend – Apologies (Lyrics to GO, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video THZk30H1Kws · row THZk30H1Kws

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throwback thursday

Listed as johan lenox, Lil Keed, KOTA The Friend – throwback thursday (throwback thursday) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video ZTNxPIC_v24 · row ZTNxPIC_v24

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Real Ones Remix (feat. Louie Tha Profit, Nachaash G & Michael Minelli)

Listed as KOTA the Friend, Statik Selektah – Real Ones Remix (feat. Louie Tha Profit, Nachaash G & Michael Minelli) (To See A Sunset (Deluxe)) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video pezKNEMVP1E · row pezKNEMVP1E

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throwback thursday (drums up edit) (feat. Lil Keed)

Listed as johan lenox, KOTA The Friend – throwback thursday (drums up edit) (feat. Lil Keed) (throwback thursday (the remixes)) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video szgBAPXXIZc · row szgBAPXXIZc

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Rockstar

Listed as Abhi The Nomad, Kota The Friend – Rockstar (Rockstar / Good Luck) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video vNrBkSOWQjI · row vNrBkSOWQjI

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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These pages report where identifiers from public research datasets point. Presence in a dataset is a fact about the dataset, not a claim about the channel or artist, and says nothing about what any company did with the material. If you are this artist and want this page removed, see removals.