In 1996, after the track would later win a SAMA music award for Best Rap Album award, he left to release a solo album under Chameleon Records and later form Max Normal. He released one single with the group, 'Puff the Magik', which was banned from radio for its controversial lyrics about marijuana usage. Jones was part of the South African rap band The Original Evergreen, which were signed to Sony Music. Career 1993–1999: The Original Evergreen He attended Parktown Boys High where he would meet his Original Evergreen band members. He frequented nightclubs where he would develop his skills as a rapper. Jones was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1974.Īccording to Die Antwoord bandmate Yolandi Visser, Jones has been on the South African hip hop scene since he was 13. 2.3 2002–2003: The Constructus Corporation.2.2 2001–2002: Memoirs Of A Clone and Max Normal.It’s unclear what the future holds for Die Antwoord currently but it’s a hard loss for their fans out there. Yet when Ninja accosts Butler not once did he make it clear he is doing so on behalf of Yolandi. Ninja spins the tale of Butler trapping Yolandi within the girls’ bathroom and assaulting her, forcing him to take action against Butler.

He instructs her to stop smiling and gives kudos to her performance, even saying that they would have to edit her feigning out. Ninja can be heard telling Yolandi to act as dramatic as possible and pretend that Butler has assaulted her. Instead, others have reuploaded it to Youtube, which you can also watch below. As much as we would like to share the original video here, it’s no longer available on Youtube. That still doesn’t explain the commentary heard from both Ninja and Yolandi, who not only verbally assault Butler, calling him “f*****” multiple times and actually spitting on him as well. Quoted, “Ben Crossman has been on a rampage to make us look bad in the media because we fired him years ago, for being mentally unstable, and malicious towards our family.” Ninja says that Ben cleverly edited the video, and was the one responsible for attacking Butler while simultaneously filming. Within Ninja’s explanation, he says that Ben Crossman has been on a mission to ruin Die Antwoord. The context of the video is unclear, but what we can hear and see isn’t pretty. In response, Ninja made a Facebook post addressing the video and passing the blame onto Ben Crossman. Since then, Die Antwoord has been dropped from the Life is Beautiful, Louder than Life and Riot Fest lineups. The disturbing video shows Die Antwoord attack Butler, who is openly gay, with derogatory terms and physical violence. But recently, a video from 2012 resurfaced, exposing the two in an apparent hate crime act against Andy Butler of Hercules and Love Affair. The Die Antwoord duo, Watkin Tudor Jones (Ninja) and Anri du Toit (Yolandi Visser), are well known for their unique style and extreme personas.

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