Die Antwoord

  • Cape Town, South Africa
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Coming from Cape Town, South Africa, the hip-hop duo Die Antwoord struck Internet viral gold with their video hit "Enter the Ninja," but they're really conceptual artists Watkin Tudor Jones and Yo-Landi ViSSer presenting their "inner zef." Before assuming the roles of Ninja and Yo-landi ViSSer for die Antwoord, the two were involved with satirical projects like MaxNormal.TV -- who wore three-piece business suits and delivered motivational hip-hop -- and the Constructus Corporation: a hip-hop fantasy group based around a comic book called the Ziggurat. The idea for a more vulgar rave-rap group began in 2008, but it wasn’t until a year later that die Antwoord -- which is Afrikaans for "The Answer" -- began playing live. Their stage show was outrageous with Yo-Landi baiting and flipping off the audience, while Ninja rapped and danced, wearing only his trademark Dark Side of the Moon boxer shorts. That same year they recorded their debut album, SOS, and introduced "Zef," which fused hip-hop, electro, and rave music. A year later, the videos they created for the tracks "Zef Side" and "Enter the Ninja" became viral hits. The latter featured Leon Botha, an experimental South African artist and one of the world’s oldest survivors of the premature aging disease progeria, who appeared as the group’s DJ. "Enter the Ninja" cracked the British Top 40, and major-label Interscope soon signed the group and released their 5 EP in July of 2010. That October, the label released a revised SOS with a world tour following. The group left Interscope the next year when the two parties couldn't come to terms on their next album's lead single. Left to their own devices, Die Antwoord chose "Fok Julle Naaiers" as the lead single to TenSion, their sophomore album released by their own Zef Recordz and distributed by the Diplo-associated imprint Downtown. ~ David Jeffries, Rovi

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Music

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    I Fink U Freeky
  • Enter The Ninja (Clean, No Intro)
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    • Fatty Boom Boom
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    • Baby’s On Fire
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    • Enter The Ninja
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    • Rich B***h
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    • Evil Boy (F**k You In The Face Mix)
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Interviews & Exclusives

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  • Die Antwoord Keep It 'Zef To Def'
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    Die Antwoord Keep It 'Zef To Def'
  • Ya Dig?
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  • Bringing The Spice
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    Bringing The Spice
  • Sensitive and Stuff
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  • Is It Really There??
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    Is It Really There??
  • Is It Really There??
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    Is It Really There??
  • I Don't 'Get It'
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    I Don't 'Get It'
  • S*** Die Antwoord Says
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    Teaser For Die Antwoord's 'Ten$ion' Exists, Is The Weirdest | Prefix
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    Tweet Watch this one at your own peril, folks: Die Antwoord have released the trailer for their upcoming sophomore album, Ten$ion, and it's as freaky ...
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    Watch Die Antwoord's Crazy 'I Fink U Freeky' Video | Prefix
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    Tweet Die Antwoord are clearly trying to one-up themselves these days, because everything we have seen from them lately has been at least bat-shit cra...
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    Stream New Albums From Die Antwoord, Shearwater, Field Music | Prefix
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    Tweet Die Antwoord: TEN$ION at 3VOOR12 Release date: 02.07.12 Label: Downtown In the past few months, South African electro-rap outfit Die Antwoord le...
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    Die Antwoord: 'I Fink U Freaky' (Live On Letterman) (Video) | Prefix
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    Tweet The new Die Antwoord album Ten$ion is released on CD today, and is currently streaming via this link for a limited time. So the band's appearanc...
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    Die Antwoord: 'I Fink U Freeky' (Live On Kimmel) (Video) | Prefix
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    Tweet Just as they did a few weeks back on The Late Show With David Letterman, Die Antwoord brought their weirdo-rap to last night's episode of Jimmy ...
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    Sónar Festival Adds New Order, Die Antwoord To Lineup | Prefix
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    for the festival, which will include performances from the Roots, Hot Chip, a James Blake DJ set, Deadmau5 and a whole lot more.Now, more acts have be...
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    Die Antwoord: 'Baby's On Fire' (Video) | Prefix
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    Tweet Here's the typically weird video for "Baby's On Fire" by South African rave-rappers Die Antwoord. It begins with group members Ninja and Yolandi...
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    Die Antwoord: 'XP€N$IV $H1T' | Prefix
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    Tweet South African freak-rappers Die Antwoord have clearly leveled up their lyrical prowess since last we checked in with them. Their latest single, ...
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    Die Antwoord: 'Dis Iz Why I'm Hot' (Zef Remix) (Video) | Prefix
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    Tweet Notorious South African rappers Die Antwoord party up and get political in the new video for the zef remix of "Dis Iz Why I'm Hot." With his tat...
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    Lady Gaga Calls Out Die Antwoord: 'You Don't Have a Hit' | Billboard
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    Following the release of Die Antwoord's latest music video, a clip for "Fatty Boom Boom" in which a man dressed up as Lady Gaga is ridiculed and kille...
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Tour Dates

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  • Jun 20 Thursday
    Dublin, Ireland Olympia Theatre
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  • Jun 21 Friday
    Manchester, UK The Ritz
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  • Jun 22 Saturday
    London, UK O2 Academy Brixton
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  • Jun 25 Tuesday
    Rome, Italy Laghetto Di Villa Ada
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Marmande, France Unknown venue
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Évreux, France Hippodrome De Navarre
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Marmande, France Plaine de la Filhole
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Brussels, Belgium Tour&Taxi
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  • Jun 29 Saturday
    Évreux, France Hippodrome De Navarre
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  • Jun 30 Sunday
    Brussels, Belgium Unknown venue
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  • Jul 2 Tuesday
    St. Petersburg, Russian Federation A2
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  • Jul 3 Wednesday
    Moscow, Russian Federation Moscow Arena Club
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Discography

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  • Ten$ion (2012)
    Die Antwoord
    Ten$ion (2012)
    Downtown
  • $O$ (2010)
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    $O$ (2010)
    Interscope
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