Rap music has been a favourite genre of music among many South Africans for decades.
One of the top South African rappers is the group Die Antwoord.
Their unique style and boldness are captivating.
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Everyone should listen to Die Antwoords music.
Die Antwoordis a music group that released its debut hip bop album in 2009.
Ninja and Yolandi Visser are the members of the group, and their group name meansThe answerin Afrikaans.
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Ninja Die Antwoord
Ninja Die Antwoord was born asWatkin Tudor Joneson the 26th of September 1974.
He is a 44-year-old actor, music video director, rapper, record producer, and songwriter.
He later revamped Max Normal to MaxNormal.TV, a Hip Hop group.
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In 2008, he and Yolandi formed Die Antwoord.
Die Antwoord Yolandi was raised together with her older brother.
Both she and the brother were adopted children of a church minister and his wife.
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At the age of five, she studied at the all-girls school known as St. Dominics Catholic School.
She furthered her education at the Lady Grey Arts Academy.
She is a 34-year-old rapper, actress, songwriter and music video director.
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Yolandi Visser before Die Antwoord was a member of The Constructus Corporation and MaxNormal.TV.
Zef music
Ninja Die Antwoord and Yolandi are avid supporters and followers of Zef.
What does it meanto be Zef?
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Zef refers to a counterculture interest group.
In their Zef music, the duo combines different cultures.
Zef is, therefore, an amalgamation of modern music and outdated culture.
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In this movement, one looks stylish, fancy and sexy even if they are not wealthy in reality.
The single Enter the Ninja made the album a success.
The video of the song was on YouTube for nine months before it became famous.
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The song that features Leon Botha gained so much viewership that the servers crashed.
The group then moved their official website to an American server that could handle the traffic.
The group was later signed with Interscope Records after releasing this album.
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In April of the following year, the group toured Europe and gave electrifying performances.
The working contract with Interscope Records came to a halt when the group established its label, Zef Records.
Ninja and Yolandi released Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid, their fourth album in 2016.
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There is a characteristic interplay in their Zef Songs between Ninjas swagger and the high-pitched parts by Yolandi.
On several occasions, American journalists questioned whether their art was a hoax.
He further said that Antwoords music is a shock machine that wakes up the sleeping people.
The duos music is futuristic and exciting, and the lyrics are usually in Afrikaans, English and Xhosa.
This album was released later under the title House of Zef.
In May 2017, Love Drug, the first single from House of Zef was released.
Why did Die Antwoord break up?
Although they will not be releasing another album, they are still working together especially in tours and concerts.
They are also in the process of releasing the final video.
On the 3rd of May 2019, the duo released the second single, DntTakeMe4aPoes.
The song features G-BOY.
The complete album will be featuring several upcoming rappers from South Africa.
They have a 2019House of Zef Tourof America lined up soon.
This film that is available online incorporates plenty of Zef slang words.
In 2012, they were the faces of the T range by Alexander Wang.
They also featured in the2015 film Chappieby Neil Blomkamp.
In the movie, they play the characters of Yolandi and Ninja who are the gangster parents of Chappie.
Controversies
Before the official release of Ten$ion, the group released a teaser video.
It featured a person who resembled Jane Alexander in The Butcher Boys.
A copyright issue was brought up leasing to the removal of their video from all online platforms.
Romantic relationship
As Ninja and Yolandi worked together, they grew closer and started a romantic relationship.
Out of this relationship,Yolandi Visser daughter, Sixteen Jones was born in 2006.
The Die Antwoord daughter is now 13 years old.
Are Die Antwoord married?
Ninja and Yolandi ended their relationship and are not married.
The duo has a band whose worth isestimated at $5 million.
Social media
Die Antwoord has an active Instagram account with over 1.1 million followers.
The group also has a Twitter account with over 263k followers.
These platforms are used to keep in touch with fans and to promote the groups music.
Die Antwoord is a successful Zef music group that is made of Yolandi Visser and Ninja.
Are Yolandi and Ninja still together?
They have an upcoming 2019 House of Zef tour of the United States of America.
All fans should purpose to support and show up for their tour.
She has a Bachelor of Commerce & IT from the University of Nairobi and joined Briefly.co.za in November 2019.
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