RIP to a great South African - Leon Botha. A true pioneer of the revolution.

GRIFFIN - Founder of WATKYKJY.CO.ZA

Unless you have been surfing the waves of the internet with your eyes closed, you would have heard about Die Antwoord.  The South African site WATKYKJY (What are you looking at?) were main players in the MADNESS that is the success of the South African rap duo.  I have been following Griffin from WATKYKJY for ages on twitter as I am both fascinated and incredibly proud of the talent that is coming out of my homeland.  In my opinion, the views and opinions that come from this man and most of the creative people that bounce from his site do more for our fucked up country than any knob end that is currently sitting in parliament. Not since Nelson Mandela have we had such positive change.  I think Griffin and his friends are not only part of but have started the revolution that is so needed in our complex land....and if you don't agree well, that's because you not on their level.  There is not an intro that I could type that could compete with the great chat I had with the man himself. So please, read on. (non Sowf Efricens, I will try to translate for you OK lovies?)


Let’s get straight to it, tell me about Die Antwoord? How long did you know them? When did you decide to give them a link on your blog?
I briefly met them a couple of years earlier (like 10 years ago) when they were still fucking around with different styles but we got together around 3 years ago when I interviewed them for Watkykjy. It was like the band was born straight from our website, becuase they were totally everything that was zef. Ninja told me that Watkykjy sort of inspired their band and that Yo-Landi has been into the website for a long time, so I gave them "homework". As a joke I told them to write a song called Watkykjy. Ninja phoned me like a week later and rapped the whole song to me over the phone. It was fokken insane. Well, actually, he didn't phone me. They didn't have money so I would get text messages or "please-call-me's" (these are messages you can send for free in SA when you have no phone credit, who says we third world?!, Owl) to phone them back. They fokken still do that! Back then they were so poor that they slept on the floor, so I helped them out by buying flights on my credit card to come play gigs in Joburg and Pretoria. 


They stayed at over at my house, but I was a bit of a doos (cunt) - I got so drunk at their gigs on two occasions that Ninja had to drive my car back home. Their gigs were so fokken next level that they made dik zak (heaps of $$$) and they paid me back. I put up their first album on Watkykjy for people to download for free for a couple of months, because they didn't have an interwebiste at that stage. It worked fokken well, because everyone knew all the lyrics to their songs at every gig.

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DIE ANTWOORD by DIE ANTWOORD

You are always going to be a little confused if you aren't from SA. But they explain it best.

NASH MONEY in Africa

We call them 'tackies' back home ... but then again, I haven't lived in SA for over 10 years so they may be on the sneaker train by now.  Anyway, my fellow South Africans, if you find yourself to be in Jo'burg this Friday then you should totes check out Nash's Sneaker Archive Exhibition.  Exciting things include 11 custom pairs of kicks...one for every one of our official languages....amongst other things.  Ha, I NEED the Afrikaans one hey.  I wonder if UK Alex is familiar with Veldskoen?  Ah, my favorite things combined ... sneakers, London and Africa. Throw in some pear cider and you got yourself an Owl Christmas.  Stick Uit!

More next level from Die Antwoord ...HO$H

Fuck.  This new tune REEKS of Diplo...and I love it.  And he is looking MIGHTY dang fine in this video...seriously, I crave this man even though he has been given a Ninja haircut for it...ehrm, anyway.  I don't even know if I would like Die Antwoord if I wasn't South African ... I am still confused why anyone who isn't from SA is obsessed with these little fucking weirdo's but hey, I ain't gonna complain...it's about time that something else other than mindless racism and rape statistics put us on the map.  Actually, I think it's the swaying, unsupported cocks in jocks that we are becoming more known for.

This video is pretty increds though.  Trust Ninja and Yolandi to touch on the fucked sitch of unsafe ritual circumcision amongst our African brothers which often leads to death or puts men at a high risk of contracting HIV which is as common as a headache in my land.  I could go on and on about this, but this will explain it better than I ever could.

Seuns en Meisies, hier is 'Evil Boy' by Die Antwoord.  Ninja is rocking it with his Prawn arm, hahaha ...it's actually pretty dope.  Although I know dem dancers got those gold leggings from Edgars...I picked some up in Cape Town last year.  Now if only another 'owl like' South African and Diplo could collaborate...*sigh*

Did I mention Diplo takes his top off?  Mudda fukka.

For my duidelik saffer readers back home ...

Make sure you hit it up and send me photos!  Miss you South Africa x