As things usually go, the truth of the matter most likely lies somewhere in the middle. Our DJ and best friend DJ HITEK is gay, and a lot of people in our crew are gay.”Īll of this doesn’t amount to much of a defense, honestly. We don’t care about people’s sexual preference. “This was just a fight with someone who fucked with us …This fight had nothing to do with the fact that this guy was gay." - Die Antwoord's Ninja tweet this Ninja took to social media to defend their actions, claiming that the videographer “cleverly edited” the clip to make it look like a hate crime and stating, “This was just a fight with someone who fucked with us …This fight had nothing to do with the fact that this guy was gay. Now, all of a sudden, they’re bailing on their U.S. Long story short, the video went viral and resulted in Die Antwoord being dropped from two high-profile festival lineups. Ninja insists in the video that he merely wants an apology from Butler and doesn’t want to see him go to jail. The staffers took this accusation very seriously and escalated it up to the director himself, who suggested removing Butler from the lineup and even having him arrested. As they are all escorted back inside, Ninja comments on Yolandi’s “Oscar-winning performance,” since she quickly went from laughing and being excited about the fight to crying when they told their story to the festival officials. Ninja then seeks out festival officials and accuses Butler of assaulting Yolandi in the restroom earlier in the evening and claims that was the reason for the fight. One of the most disturbing and controversial things about the video is that Yolandi can be heard in the background cheering on the fight and shouting things like “Run, faggot, run!” Toward the end of the altercation, she can even be heard laughing hysterically after Ninja hit Butler - that is, until Ninja tells her to stop. The 11-minute video shows bits and pieces of an altercation between members of Die Antwoord and gay musician Andy Butler. The group’s former cameraman recently came forward with a video he shot during a festival in Australia back in 2012. We all know what’s been going on with them lately and the more likely motivation behind this tour “postponement.” In case you haven’t been following along, here’s the gist: In the video, titled “A MESSAGE FOR U,” Ninja states: “We’re busy with so much fucking shit at the moment.” He goes on to list all their current projects, including a new album and a “feature film,” that are dropping in 2020 before continuing, “Our people booked this tour for us in America before then, and we’re like … fuck.” Basically, that they’re too busy to come all the way over to America right now and would rather us be the first to hear them perform material from the new album scheduled for next spring.īut let’s be real here. 24 show at Toyota Music Factory was “still on, but has been rescheduled.” The show will now take place in May 2020, but ticket holders needn’t distress - their tickets are “still good,” according to the email.ĭie Antwoord, whose main members are Watkin Tudor “Ninja” Jones and Anri “Yolandi Visser” du Toit, uploaded a video to their website shortly after this announcement. Thousands of fans woke up to an email from Ticketmaster early in September informing them that South African hip-hop collective Die Antwoord’s Sept.
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