hahaha! I love your reasoning there
I don't love Die Antwoord, because I used to listen to them back when they were Max Normal and I loved their style back then. Here's a link to a live version Of Hazel's Joint by Max Normal. It's a crappy vid but this is almost twenty years ago, you can see how he looked before he was Ninja.
Here's a link to a better audio
I don't necessarily think they sold out, but they definitely cashed in on the gangster thing which in my opinion is not very authentic. But hey. I do love the music of Die Antwoord, it's still Waddy no matter how he looks ;)
Lol. I didn't know his background and i thought they started as Die Antwoord. Yolandi might have changed him this way.. Women.. You have so much power to change anything you want :P
I don't like the gangster thing also but in their video clips they point out the problems in that way. They seem like freaks but they give so good messages actually if we are able to understand them.
In Turkey most of the rappers made appearance so aggressively and gangster-style in the beginning, but they chilled after some time. It's the opposite for Die Antwoord then. They are going more aggressive and gangster everyday :) But i still love the music video of Ugly Boy. Cara Delevingne and Marilyn Manson. It's really hard to convince them to play in that clip i think, so there must be something really different about Ninja.
Also i love the way you make an effort and reply comments, not fudging them.