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Vashtie Kola

American music video director, disc jockey and designer

Summary

American music video director, disc jockey and designer

Field	Value
name	Vashtie Kola
birth_date
birth_place	Albany, New York, U.S.
education	School of Visual Arts
occupation	Creative director, film director, DJ
years_active	1999–present
website

Vashtie Kola (often stylized as Va$htie; born April 23, 1981) is an American music video director, filmmaker, artist, designer, creative consultant and disc jockey. She has been active in the downtown New York City scene for over a decade.

Early life and education

She moved from Albany to New York City in 1999 to study film at the School of Visual Arts, graduating in 2004. During this time, she worked at Stüssy, a clothing store.

Career

In 2010, she modelled for Rachel Roy's spring lookbook. Later that year, she became the first woman to design Nike Air Jordan sneakers. Publications including Women's Wear Daily, Footwear News, TeenVogue.Com, Complex, and The Source covered the occasion. In 2011, The New York Times did a feature on Kola.

In 2015, Kola wrote, directed and starred in an art film for Drake's Hotline Bling video. She also starred in the reality documentary television series 3AM, which aired for seven episodes on Showtime.

Videography

2005

Beans - "Papercut"
Tony Hussle - "Come Again"

2007

Child Rebel Soldier - "Us Placers"
Armand Van Helden - "I Want Your Soul"
J-Status featuring Shontelle & Rihanna - "Roll It"

2008

Slim featuring Ryan Leslie & Fabolous - "Good Lovin'"
KiD CuDi - "Heaven At Nite"

2009

Solange - "T.O.N.Y."
Yung L.A. - "Futuristic Love (Elroy)"
Justin Bieber - "One Time"
Junior Sanchez featuring Joel Madden & Benji Madden - "Elevator"
Jadakiss - "Letter to B.I.G."

2010

Theophilus London - "I Want You (Marvin Gaye Cover)"
Curt@!n$ - "EXODUS"
Jasmine Solano – "That's Not It"

2011

Kendrick Lamar - "A.D.H.D"

2012

Big K.R.I.T. - "Boobie Miles"
Big K.R.I.T. - "Insomnia"
Joey Bada$$ - "Waves"
Gym Class Heroes - "Martyrial Girl$"

2015

Drake - "Hotline Bling (Art Version)"
3AM (TV Series)

References

Good, Lindsay. (April 2, 2010). "Upstate Misfit Becomes Downtown's Sweetheart". NBC New York.
(October 21, 2010). "The Vixen Q&A: Vashtie Kola (Pg. 2)". Vibe.
(May 11, 2011). "Her Cool-Kid Clubhouse". The New York Times.
Hale, Mike. (May 27, 2015). "Review: '3AM' on Showtime Peeps In on a World After Hours". The New York Times.
(26 August 2008). "Behind The Scenes Kid Cudi's "Heaven @ Night"". YouTube.
"kovideo.net - a song lyrics domain". kovideo.net.
(12 December 2023). "Viral".

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