If you didn’t know that Killa Season has officially commenced, then you are way behind. December marks the ten year anniversary of Cam’ron‘s Purple Haze but he is making sure we celebrate all year round. The rapper is preparing to release the third of installment of his First of the Month series very soon but while we wait, he has supplied us with some fly clothes to add to our wardrobe.

Cam has teamed up with fashionista, Va$htie, to bring us the ‘Violette Haze’ collaboration. The collab features t-shirts, crop tops, a robe only made for those from Harlem and much more. Check out some of the clothes below and if interested, you can purchase them online.

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The latest batch of artists confirmed to perform at next month’s absolutely stacked Downtown Music Festival have just been released. The newcomers are Andrew Wyatt (of Miike Snow), Autre Ne Veut, Ryan Hemsworth, Kilo Kish, Ratking, Kingdom feat. Kelela, Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire, Va$htie, and Fat Tony, with even more acts promised before the month is up. If you were wondering, these acts join the already-cemented Black Hippy, Purity Ring, Earl Sweatshirt, Sky Ferreira, DIIV, Palma Violets, Trash Talk, Beach Fossils, Teengirl Fantasy, Inc., Ducktails, Royal Teeth, and Black Dave. Today on RESPECT. we have the premier of Ryan Hemsworth’s mix. Stream it here and get hyped for the festival.

This festival is huge, and will be blasting within the walls of the Mercury Lounge, Bowery Ballroom, Angel Orensanz, Pianos, Cake Shop, Tammany Hall, Element, Capitale, Rockwood Music Hall and more. Starting in NY, the Festival will be hitting up Phiadelphia, Toronto, Boston, Los Angeles, Denver and Las Vegas, with specialized lineups for each unique city. Two-day tickets are all sold out, but one-day tickets are still purchaseable for $75. Here’s the NY Downtown Festival’s day-by-day lineup:

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Kendrick Lamar cruises on a chromed-out BMX through the streets of New York City in the Va$htie-directed video for “A.D.H.D.” presented by Rocksmith, off his independent release Section. 80.

Kendrick and his homies look like they’re having fun using an abandoned office as their playground, while he specifically takes the time to flirt with his love interest.

Like many of the records off Section. 80, he confesses effortlessly through melancholy lyrics the generational afflictions of enjoying those feel-good substances. Or as he puts it: “Fuck Thought.”

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Vashtie (aka Downtown’s Sweetheart) agrees with our observation that Jonathan Mannion does a mean Trini accent. More importantly, she tossed up these photos she took with him just about year ago. Mannion even let her play with his favorite camera, which he’s never let us do.

See more pics here.

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