In September of 2008, Johannesberg, South Africa native Waddy Jones made a prediction to the world about his future rap project:
“Die Antwoord will...be presented to the world as a wild and savage rap crew from the deep, dark, depths of Africa. Die Antwoord rap crew is going to perform live before the screening of Die Antwoord feature film at the Cannes Film Festival in the overseas. It’s gonna be hot.”
Two years later, Die Antwoord have yet to perform at Cannes for the opening of their film, but have taken the internet by storm with their Ali G-esque viral videos and Afrikaans infused rave-rap. Consisting of MC Ninja (Waddy Jones), singer-rapper Yo-Landi Vi$$er, and producer DJ Hi-Tek, Die Antwoord ("The Answer" in Afrikaans) has been the talk of the blog world since they dropped two music videos/mini-documentaries on YouTube back in January of this year.
"Zef Side"
"Enter the Ninja"
By the time February of this year came around Die Antwoord's viral videos had gained so much attention that major labels from around the world were lining up to offer them a deal. Ultimately, the group signed with Interscope Records and rereleased their debut full-length LP $O$ yesterday with new Diplo-produced track "Evil Boy" as the lead single:
Die Antwoord is currently touring the United States in support of the rerelease of their new album and according to Ninja they are working on their first full-length film giving us "the answer" to who the fuck these "Zef" spitting South Africans really are.
Who knows? Maybe we'll see them performing at Cannes sooner than we think.
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