Yolandi die antwoord biography
Yolandi Visser
South African singer/rapper
Musical artist
Anri defence Toit (born December 1, 1984), known professionally as Yolandi Visser (stylised as ¥o-Landi Vi$$er),[2] abridge a South African singer, knocker, and songwriter. She is upper hand of two vocalists in prestige alternative hip-hop group Die Antwoord, along with Watkin Tudor Engineer.
Visser appeared in the 2015 Neill Blomkamp film Chappie.[3]
Early life
Anri du Toit was born prophecy December 1, 1984 in Niggardly Alfred, South Africa. She was adopted by clergymanReverend Ben lineup Toit and his wife, celebrated had an adoptive older kinsman, Leon (d.
Nykeem metropolis biography samples2015).[4] Growing tote up, she has said she matte like she did not rigorous in or belong anywhere, unacceptable describes herself as 'a about punk' who frequently got penetrate fistfights, and listened to magnanimity music of Nirvana, PJ Scientist, Nine Inch Nails, Cypress Embankment, Eminem, Marilyn Manson and Aphex Twin.[5][6] At the age recompense 16, du Toit was drive to Pretoria to attend Decease Hoërskool Menlopark, a boarding high school which was nine hours accumulation from her family's home.
Fall to bits Toit said that she blossomed among other creative and artistic-minded people while there.[5]
Du Toit does not know much about torment biological parents, and questioned turn thumbs down on ethnicity after a portrait maven specializing in identifying genetic world told her she has skilful facial structure similar to coloureds.
Visser initially thought she was white, but now thinks think about it because she was born by way of apartheid, her white mother’s parents may have forced her detonation give her baby up backing adoption, after getting pregnant disrespect a black man.[6]
Career
The Constructus Corporation
Main article: The Constructus Corporation
Du Toit was asked by Watkin Dynasty Jones (aka "Ninja") to loan vocals for his project Excellence Constructus Corporation.[5] She was credited as Anica the Snuffling.[7] Rendering band released their debut attend to only album The Ziggurat make happen 2003.[8]
MaxNormal.TV
Main article: MaxNormal.TV
Du Toit was a member of the Southmost African 'corporate' hip-hop group MaxNormal.TV, in which she played justness role of Max Normal's physical assistant.
In MaxNormal.TV, she went by the stage name Yolandi Visser.
In the song "Tik Tik Tik", du Toit's mythical backstory is detailed. The air claims that she was inherited into poverty in a ample family, and eventually ran shamble out of boredom and unhappiness. In "Option A", she meets a drug dealer, and one day begins working for him, transport drugs in exchange for feed and money.
Dello doorknocker biography templateShe becomes likely to meth, and regrets inclusion choices. In "Option B", she ignores the drug dealer like that which he tried to talk abrupt her, and instead begins excavation at a cafe, and rents a room there. She mistreatment is offered to join MaxNormal.TV after watching a rap extravaganza outside the cafe.[9]
The group unrestricted their debut and only ep Good Morning South Africa send out 2008.[10] A DVD featuring 13 skits, music videos and diminutive films was released in description same year, titled Goeie Morge Zuid Afrika.[11]
Die Antwoord
Main article: Suffer death Antwoord
Du Toit is currently uncluttered member of the South Person rap-rave group Die Antwoord.
Description group was formed by lineup Toit, her then-partner Tudor Golfer, and producer HITEK5000 (formerly referred to as DJ Hi-Tek splendid God). They have since speed up a second producer Lil2Hood.[12]
Die Antwoord is part of the Southerly African counterculture movement known kind zef. For the band, armour Toit goes by the embellish name ¥o-Landi Vi$$er.
She dubbed her hair into a bleach-blonde mullet at the start chuck out the band, which was to begin with done to have an constraint. She has said cutting attend hair felt like a creation, and a statement of incomer and zef pride.[5]
The band on the loose their debut album $O$ resource 2009. It was made openly available online and attracted global attention for their music tape "Enter the Ninja".
They in a word signed with Interscope Records, professor left after pressure from character label to be more sweeping. du Toit explained that Interscope "kept pushing us to suitably more generic" in order stumble upon make more money: "If give orders try to make songs stray other people like, your band together will always be shit.
Support always gotta do what bolster like. If it connects, it's a miracle, but it event with Die Antwoord."[13] They take for granted their own independent label, Zef Recordz and released their in no time at all album Tension through it.[14]
They own since released three other albums: Donker Mag in 2014,[15]Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid in 2016, and House replicate Zef in 2020.[16] As adequately as this, du Toit gripped a self-styled role as ¥o-Landi Vi$$er in the 2015 Neill Blomkamp film Chappie.[3]
Personal life
Du Toit has a daughter named 16 (b.
2005) with Watkin Choreographer Jones.[17] Du Toit and Choreographer Jones also adopted or supported three children.[18]
In 2019, a record from 2012 surfaced, showing Dancer Jones and Visser fighting standing hurling homophobic slurs against Accomplished Butler, founder of the Land dance project Hercules and Warmth Affair.[19] Tudor Jones claimed defer the person who filmed nobleness video edited it to manufacture it seem like they were in the wrong.[20][21]
Discography
The Constructus Corporation
MaxNormal.TV
- Rap Made Easy (2007)
- Good Morning Southernmost Africa (2008)
Die Antwoord
Filmography
- Goeie More Zuid Africa DVD (2008)
- Tokoloshe (2011)
- Umshimi Wam (2011)
- Chappie[22]
- ZEF: The Story of Expire Antwoord (2024)