http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtUy1JC6eXg

or Jack Parow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRzFqW4Xh2k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZEUmyXQbNo&feature=related

Amazing beats and lyrics, with a huge heap of irony, just like Die Antwoord.

I’d send them a dollar and am sure there are others who enjoyed their videos enough to do so as well. Tell them to set up a paypal or offer their music for cheap download (it says it’s available but not obvious to find). They would makes some $$. They also look like they’ve got some sponsors on their website like Puma.

at first glance i thought the picture was for an article about an avatar themed rapper.

it’ll happen, we dont want it, but it will, mark me on it.

The question of why they don’t or won’t monetize their popularity more effectively is an intriguing one, but Boing Boing is not in a position to organize fundraisers for talented but disorganized artists.

If we’re going to build a money-barn, it’ll be for someone who needs it.

Like, say, half a million displaced and injured disaster survivors in Haiti.

1-NINJA, YO-LANDI and DJ HI-TEK made all their music, music videos, video stings, photos, and this next-level interwebsite all on their own with the help of some good friends.
2-NINJA was in many weird rap groups before DIE ANTWOORD: The Orginal Evergreens, Max Normal, Fantastic Kill, and Total Confusion on Planet Phunk to name a few. Then one day NINJA tapped into his inner zef and discovered DIE ANTWOORD.
3-NINJA has a secret fairy forest tattoo on left arm that he covers with bass.
4-Just to clear up the rumors: NINJA and YO-LANDI are not in a relationship. They are just good friends. NINJA says: Relationships are fickle, like the relationship you are having with your body.
5-Yo-landi’s mom cuts her hair, but she gets her hair dyed at SCAR HAIR. Yo-landi says: It’s always important to remember your roots.
6-This next fun fact is dedicated to all the confused retard people out there who hate DIE ANTWOORD but can’t stop watching their interweb videos every single fokkin day of their boring lives. DIE ANTWOORD put Puma & Jagermeister logos onto this next-level interwebsite because Puma gives DIE ANTWOORD free clothes and free shoes and Jagermeister gives DIE ANTWOORD free dop. Puma and Jagermeister did not give us money to make DIE ANTWOORD. DIE ANTWOORD was created from nothing using alot of blood, sweat and tears.
7-NINJA likes Dolfins.
8-YO-LANDI likes sexy boys with no front teeth.
9-DJ HI-TEK likes his PC Computer.
10-ZEF is a unique South African term that has been around for fuck knows how long. This term was made famous 10 years ago by a next-level interwebsite called WatKykJy.com.
11-NINJA, YO-LANDI and DJ HI-TEK started DIE ANTWOORD because of WAT KYK JY?
12-JACK PAROW is DIE ANTWOORD’S duk gang$ta kung-fu panda chommie.
13-The 1st time NINJA saw JACK PAROW’S fat rap cap he got goose bumps.
14-YO-LANDI rocks more bling than C3PO.
15-YO-LANDI’s best friend is KIMPOSSIBLE who lives in Mitchell’s Plain.
16-DJ HI-TEK is a shape-shifting alien from another dimension.
17-NINJA does not sit like a doos with a koki pen and draw every single one of his tattoos on in the exact same identical place every time he has to be in a photo or a music video or a rap show you fuckin idiot, or wait…maybe he does. Jissis!
18-DIE ANTWOORD are busy blowing up faster than the speed of light because they are the freshest, most futuristik rap-rave crew in the world.
19-DIE ANTWOORD raps for the Chosen Ones.
20-Anyone who doesn’t like DIE ANTWOORD is a poes.

Is is imperative to make money with your self-expression?

The measure of an artist’s talent is not always commensurate with their skill/motivation/abilities to run a profitable business.

They’re amazing, and they truly deserve to profit from their work.

1) Bad Beats? Are you kidding? This is the freshest thing to come along in a while. They are a complete enigma who have created their own musical universe. Think MIA, Buraka Som Sistema, Atari Teenage Riot, Major Lazer, Aphex Twin, etc. I’m curious to hear what you consider good beats.

2) They are talented lyricists and completely on point with their rhymes. His flow is undeniable, and her hooks are as catchy as they come. Its not just 5 yr olds playing video games these days.

3) They’ve done exactly what you need to do to achieve success in today’s changed music industry landscape: create a phenomenon and get noticed, rise about the sea of noise. Everyone is talking about them and the timing is perfect as their album drops this month. The music sounds dope, their photos are excellent, their website is super professional, and all of their videos look incredible even though they could be made on pretty much no budget. Everything about them is compelling. They will hit the road soon as a global phenomenon and cash in.

Am I about to get an Evil Boy tattoo on my arm like that? No. Is their music is raw and nasty? Definitely. Is this for everybody? No. However, you can’t deny they are doing some things very right.

It’s kicking off down there too…

You’re not rich yet?

He takes the worst “world”(/non-anglo shantytown party music and sells it to the NPR/KCRW crowd. White hipster obsession with brown people = $$$

Most of that stuff, in its local context, is the worst stuff around. Lazy, to boot – be it Angolan/Portuguese, Brazilian or Sri Lankan. People talking over some crappy casiotone beat does not NWA make.

-G.

The only way you can sell items and receive money into a South African bank account is to have a merchant account with credit card facilities. There are some other options with services that you can implement where the money will be transfered into you account from an overseas provider.

Some discussions http://groups.drupal.org/node/13319

The long and short is that selling things online from South Africa is a pain in the butt. We have a little company doing Drupal development and have been meaning to write a drupal payment gateway using https://www.alertpay.com/ Will do it just as soon as we have some resources :)

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I don’t dig their new music style, but it’s still a treat to watch. Thanks BB for covering this!

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