Biography
Watkin Tuddor Jones is known in the musical world as the founder and leader of the Die Antwoord group. He acts under the scenic name of the ninja, which corresponds to the shape of a musician. And in narrow circles, a man also knows both producer and Satirik artist. In his collection, many projects, and almost each of them was in one way or another successful.Childhood and youth
Watkin was born in the fall of 1974 in the largest city of South Africa - Johannesburg, and the first years of his biography were gone. Rapper's parents were creative people, and therefore a boy from childhood absorbed the traditions of the classical music of his people. In addition, he was fond of drawing.
After graduating from school, Jones entered the university, but did not reappear and threw him. At that time, he was more interested in schedule, and then he worked as a DJ for a couple of years. But the speeches in the cheap nightclubs of the city did not bring a big income young man, in the 1990s he decides to tie with it.
Music
The first memorized project Jones was the Original Evergreens group. Its style is difficult to determine, collecting the team of musicians, Watkin recorded tracks from a mixture of rap, rock, pop and reggae with them. Despite this, the guys loved, and critics favorably reacted to their album Puff The Magik, published in 1995.In the text of the head track, Puff The Magik was clearly tracked by marijuana propaganda, for which it was forbidden to turn on all South Africa radio stations. The group broke up, but Watkin did not put his hands and created a new project. Now he was united with other rappers and founded the Max Normal team, in which he again became the leader.
Songs from The Mall album release fell for 2001. Their arrival on the scene ended with performances on a pair of large South African festivals and three concerts in Belgium. And already in 2002, Jones declares the team's dissolution, since because of the creative crisis can not speak. After that, the artist devotes himself to the new project The Constructus Corporation, it works for a while in this direction, and then disappears from the eyes of the public.
It appears only in 2008, loudly declared itself as a team leader Die Antwoord. In addition to him, Jolandi Fisser and DJ Hi-Tek entered. The debut full-format disc $ o $ was presented in 2009. And after the release of the clip on the song Enter The Ninja, which became viral, Jones with the group becomes a real celebrity. In the period from 2012 to 2018, Die Antwoord discography was replenished with four more plates - Ten $ Ion, Donker Mag, Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid and "27".
In 2014, Jones starred in the film Nile Blomakp "Robot named Chappi." And in 2016, after the release of the clip on the Banana Brain track, the fans of the group's creativity began to wonder - that with Ninti's feet. In this roller, a man appeared with two prostheses. In fact, it was a computer graphics, on the plot of Watkin recreated events that had previously happened to Paralympic Oscar Pistorius.
Personal life
Press attention greatly to Jones. And in order to get rid of the obsessive journalists and create more intrigue around his person around his person, often in an interview with a man voiced contradictory facts. The same applies to his personal life.
For a long time, his novel with Yolandi Fisser was discussed in the network. Regarding this, the artist stated that the girl comes from his wife, and at another time he said that he was never married to her. The only indisputable fact is that they have a common sequish daughter, which even appeared a couple of times in the Die Antwoord clips.
In the profile of Die Antwoord in "Instagram" regularly published photos from concerts, and new events are announced. Among the most striking pictures of the musician, special attention deserve personnel on which Jones is captured in flight, almost every speech he jumps from the stage in the crowd of spectators. With a height of 185 cm and weigh 76 kg, it is not so difficult to do this artist.
Watkin Tudor Jones now
The team of musicians led by Jones and now regularly performs, visits festivals and concerts.And in May 2019, the group released the single DNTTAKEME4APOES. Now artists are preparing for the release of another album. According to preliminary data, it will be called The House of Zef. Songs for him are recorded together with invited rapeurs-lovers from South Africa.
Discography
As part of The Original Evergreens Group
- 1995 - Puff The Magik
As part of the MAX Normal Group
- 2001 - Songs from the Mall
As part of the group Die Antwoord
- 2009 - $ O $
- 2012 - Ten $ Ion
- 2014 - Donker Mag
- 2016 - Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid
- 2018 - 27.