Die Antwoord (Anri Du Toit and Watkin Tudor Jones) have faced some damning accusations this year by Australian model and rapper Zheani Sparkes. The young insta-famous artist accused the group of everything from trafficking to sexual misconduct and abuse. Zheani claimed to have everything on record and unleashed her accusations in a bombshell diss track called ‘The Question.’

Die Antwoord hit Zheani with a cease and desist order and soon after that she released a music video for ‘The Question’ – containing proof of all her allegations. A nasty online battle began that saw the duo publicly humiliate young Zheani – but the WhatsApp messages, emails and images she had saved between herself and Ninja are hard to ignore.

The feud seemed to settle after some time but that was until a brand new Instagram account popped up called ‘@rolling_with_the_devil.’ The account was opened by Die Antwoord’s former photographer/videographer Ben Crossman, who claimed to have terabytes upon terabytes of footage of both Du Toit and Watkins. Crossman reached out to Die Antwoord, informing them he was making a documentary of their time spent together and wanted Du Toit and Watkins to participate and address their controversial behaviour – when Du Toit declined Crossman promised to expose them and gave Du Toit an ultimatum – apologize to Zheani.

Related | Check out Edwins Generation’s YouTube channel for a full breakdown of the 2019 Die Antwoord saga

Needless to say, no apologies were made and Crossman, their former photographer began posting revealing content to his exposé account, including the recorded phone conversation in which he demands Yolandi apologise to Zheani. Ben also calls out Yolandi during the call regarding Watkins and her own status in the controversial Panama Papers – 1.5 million leaked documents that detail financial and attorney-client information for more than 214,488 offshore entities and accounts – suggesting that the duo hasn’t been truthful about their finances for some time.

But what’s caught the attention of the world this week is the starkly homophobic and racist unseen videos of Die Antwoord attacking Andy Butler of Hercules and Love Affair at Future Music Festival in Adelaide, Australia back in 2012 and using racial slurs and degrading the late Whitney Housten.

The first video, originally titled ‘One Night in Adelaide’ sees Jones and Du Toit hurling abusive and bigoted words at Butler, accusing him of sexually assaulting Du Toit – even though he is gay. In the second video released by Crossman titled ‘Visser calling Whitney Houston a crack whore bitch,’ we see behind-the-scenes footage of Du Toit repeatedly and unforgiving using the ‘N’-word.

Since the videos went viral the group have been removed from two upcoming festivals – the organizers of Louder Than Life and Life Is Beautiful disclosed that Die Antwoord has been removed from each event’s lineup.

Related | Check out Edwins Generation’s YouTube channel for a full breakdown of the 2019 Die Antwoord saga

Die Antwoord has become known for their blatant appropriation of African cultures and misogynistic and homophobic undertones in their “work” but the two videos released by Crossman have cast the duo in a much grimmer light and it’s clear that their controversial behaviour extends far beyond their stage identity and is becoming problematic. Today, Watkins aka Ninja released a full statement which you can read below as well as watch the controversial videos Crossman has released.

The story behind Zheani and Die Antwoord is an extensive one and we encourage you to read more on it and decide for yourself. Edwins Generation, a YouTuber who has been closely following the story has a comprehensive list of videos breaking down the saga including the controversial phone call between Crossman and Yolandi.

Die Antwoord’s legal possie have been moving swiftly to remove all damaging content online so be sure to follow @rolling_with_the_devil for more unseen content before it disappears.

Ninja’s Statement

“In relation to the“hate crime” video in Adelaide filmed by our ex-cameraman Ben Crossman:

Ben has cleverly edited this video clip to make it seem like me and ¥o-landi committed a hate crime towards a person because they are gay. However Ben beat up the guy from Hercules himself while filming this same video clip.