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Die Antwoord (Afrikaans: "The Answer") is a Zef-Rap act from Cape Town, South Africa consisting primarily of three members, Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek.
Die Antwoord made their live performance debut in February, 2009 at Ramfest, a yearly alternative music festival outside Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa where they performed their song “Doosdronk” with punk rock act Fokofpolisiekar and rapper Jack Parow.
The band self-identifies as a melange of several diverse cultures all mixed into one. Because they are white, they have been oft compared to American rappers Eminem and Vanilla Ice.
The band has signed with Netherlands music company Magnetron Music and is planning to tour Europe in April 2010 and the USA later that same year. They announced via their website that they will be visiting France, Belgium, The Netherlands and The UK as part of their tour, however, the tour has been put on hold indefinitely after band member DJ Hi-Tek went missing in January, 2010. Tracks from their upcoming album $O$ are currently available for listening, streamed on their official website.
History and personal life
Band leader Ninja (Watkin Tudor Jones) previously founded another art/music project called Max Normal along with female rapper Yo-Landi. In South Africa, Jones is commonly known as "Waddy," but frequently will not answer to this name.
In 1994 "Waddy" fronted a Sony Music act called The Original Evergreens and released their albums Puff the Magic (1995) and Burn the Evidence (1997).
After The Original Evergreens, Jones fronted the avant-garde South African hip-hop band Max Normal.
Die Antwoord experienced a surge of popularity and international recognition in February 2010 after being featured on multiple widely-read blogs. Their sudden increase in popularity generated such a surge in traffic to their website that it crashed and was temporarily offline while they moved their site to a more powerful server.
Yo-Landi and Jones are married and have a daughter.
Discography
Tracks from their upcoming debut album '$O$' are hosted and streamed at the bands official website at no charge.
The album is known to include the following songs:
- Beat Boy
- Dagga Puff
- Doosdronk feat. Jack Parow and Fokofpolisiekar
- Enter The Ninja
- I Don't Need You
- Liewe Maatjies
- Rich Bitch
- Scopie
- Super Evil killer prawn remix
- Very Fancy
- Wat Pomp
- Wie Maakie Jol Vol
References
- ^ S.African Afrikaans rappers takes Internet by storm Reuters. Accessed 10:20, 6 February 2010 (UTC).
- Die Antwoord op BakhtinRapport.
- Freaky Friday: "Enter the Ninja" - Die Antwoord Westword. Accessed 10:40, 6 February 2010 (UTC).
- DJ Hi-Tek van Die Antwoord word al ses dae vermis. Die Burger. Accessed 2010-02-03.
- 24 Facts: Die Antwoord Channel24