‘Cause all those things don’t mix that well together in the real world.
But it’s actually like this fokked-up, kind of broken fruit salad. They refer to themselves as coloreds, not “blacks.” The PC-version people try and promote this image of South Africa as a rainbow nation and make it all like pretty and stuff. And then there’s the colored culture, which is a whole other thing. There’s things about the Xhosa culture that we love, and we love things about the Afrikaans culture that’s very amusing and interesting to us. Ninja: We like to absorb all the different elements of South Africa that we find interesting and attractive and unique. Mother Jones: You guys like to say that you represent South African culture. In part two, I talked to Ninja and Yo-Landi about the meaning of zef, the documentary that changed their lives, and why they plan to kill Die Antwoord after five albums. In the first part of our interview, which you should read, Ninja discusses the record deal and the story behind the group’s startling new “Evil Boy” video. This launched a bidding war that culminated in a record deal and the release, this week, of $O$, their much-anticipated debut on Interscope. They were largely unknown outside of South Africa until this past February, when their video for “ Enter the Ninja” suddenly went viral. Last week, I posted the first part of my interview with South African rave-rappers Die Antwoord, which means “the answer.” Talented and profane, Ninja (né Waddy Jones) and Yo-Landi Vi$$er-who have a daughter together, although they aren’t a couple-have concocted a surreal musical chemistry, tag-teaming in a hypercharged mix of English, Afrikaans, and even tribal languages.
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