![]() ![]() ![]() With his gold teeth, bared upper half full of ink (on his neck, “Pretty Wise” on his left pec, a fist gripping a dagger), and a scary-intense gaze, Ninja clearly models himself on American rappers like 2Pac and Eminem. They call their music “zef ninja rap rave”-“zef” being an Afrikaans term akin to “redneck,” and while “ninja” refers to both martial arts and the leader’s handle, it’s worth remembering that in hip-hop slang it’s often a less racially charged substitute for another N-word. server to handle all the traffic.Ĭonsisting of tall, hulking rapper Ninja, tiny, mulleted blond vocalist Yo-Landi Vi$$er, and nondescript, portly DJ Hi-Tek, Die Antwoord (Afrikaans for “the answer”) have stirred up controversy in South Africa thanks to their white-trash, roughneck image. hip-hop trio Die Antwoord.ĭie Antwoord’s homepage, where their first album, $O$, is streaming, got so many hits (over 15 million in February alone) that they had to switch to a U.S. And few acts lately, from anywhere, have gotten attention online like S.A. But it’s also in part due to the Internet creating and feeding a constantly overturning cycle of new acts, the more attention-grabbing the better. The World Cup shining the international spotlight on South Africa obviously hasn’t hurt either. 2, from the same era, veers a lot closer to American soul and funk of the Motown and Stax variety, even as the music has a clear South African feel.Ī new wave of young South African musicians operate in a similar manner, injecting the hard lope of older township jive into dance music and hip-hop, and gaining-or hoping to gain-an international audience. The first volume, of ’60s and ’70s sax, organ, and pennywhistle-led township jive, is familiar largely thanks to Simon. Soweto, a compilation series on Strut Records. Take two, for instance, new volumes of Next Stop. But the musical dialogue has long been a two-way street. ![]() Americans are used to homegrown artists copping African musical styles, from Paul Simon’s 1986 Graceland, which kicked up controversy by showcasing South African mbaqanga-or township jive-at the height of apartheid, to Vampire Weekend adding bright Congolese guitar filigrees to their Ivy League-manqué lyrics. ![]()
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