Die Antwoord’s Yo-Landi Visser has returned to Fb, commenting concerning the accusations towards comic Russell Model. The band aren’t strangers to controversy. Since their starting, the members have been accused of every little thing from cultural misappropriation to assault.
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Whereas the band and its members have stayed nearly quiet on social media themselves, a publish from September 2023 breaks the silence.
Right here’s what Visser needed to say concerning the accusations towards Model.
About Die Antwoord’s Yolandi Visser
Die Antwoord is a controversial South African band began in 2008.
Earlier than this, members of Die Antwoord have been a part of MaxNormal.TV and The Constructus Company.
The tune ‘Enter the Ninja’ quickly went viral, turning into considered one of YouTube’s most watched music movies.
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South African rappers like Isaac Mutant have been featured on their first album $O$ in 2009.
Whereas being generally known as proponents of “zef-style”, a South African-born fashion that Ninja has described as “poor however [you’re] fancy”, the band stays controversial for his or her lyrics and alleged therapy of music business colleagues.
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The band additionally appeared as fictional variations of themselves within the movie Chappie.
In 2022, accusations have been introduced towards the band by their adopted son Tokkie du Preez, based on The South African web site. The accusations have been quickly denied by the band and their agent.
Yo-Landi, also referred to as Anri du Toit, has modified her Fb profile’s identify to Fafo Snuffling.
Fafo is an acronym that stands for: ‘F-around-and-find-out.’ Snuffling is a reference to her earlier persona, Anica the Snuffling.
Fafo Snuffling: ‘Similar Cult’
Whereas the Snuffling web page has had most of its posts eliminated by the administrator, new posts have been showing on the web page – which follows the official web page for Die Antwoord.
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A publish made on 18 September, 2023 posted {a photograph} of Russell Model with the next caption:
‘Russel [sic] Model. Ninja. Similar cult.’
No different context is given for the reference to Watkin Tudor Jones (Ninja) and Russell Model’s names showing collectively.
A brand new album?
A small, current edit on the Wikipedia web page for Watkin Tudor Jones (Ninja/Waddy) from Die Antwoord seems below their listed albums.
In line with Wikipedia, there’s an album “To Be Introduced” for 2023.
No different public bulletins have been made to date.
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