Their music, a fusion of hip hop with rave music , is frequently produced by DJ Hi-Tek, also known as God, and performed in both English and Afrikaans.
Their fifth studio album, House of Zef , was released in In film, Die Antwoord starred as fictionalized versions of themselves in both Harmony Korine 's short film Umshini Wam and Neill Blomkamp 's science fiction film Chappie , while a documentary about them, Zef: The Story of Die Antwoord , was released in Die Antwoord's style revolves around the South African zef movement, which is largely based on working class Afrikaners and " white trash " motifs.
They are known for their graphic and surreal music videos, energetic live performances—particularly at music festivals—and provocative public image. They have faced controversy since their inception for what critics have decried as cultural appropriation of numerous South African groups, the use of blackface in their music videos, homophobia, and sexual assault allegations against Ninja. They have been regarded as one of the most internationally successful acts to come out of South Africa.
Watkin Tudor Jones , who performed as Waddy Jones, began rapping at age 13, performing at black nightclubs throughout Johannesburg and fronting various English-speaking hip hop groups. He began performing under the name Max Normal in and later released his debut solo studio album, Memoirs of a Clone , under his own name.
He founded the horrorcore collective the Constructus Corporation , whose album The Ziggurat was released in with an accompanying graphic novel , and released a second solo studio album, The Fantastic Kill , in Around , Jones met Anri du Toit outside of a club in Cape Town and, after meeting again at one of his shows, asked her to contribute vocals to a Constructus Corporation song. Jones offered to teach du Toit how to rap and they began making music together in before getting married and having a daughter named Sixteen together in TV , a motivational hip hop group featuring du Toit, producer Justin de Nobrega, and Jakob Basson that performed in suits and played PowerPoint presentations during performances.
