Biography
Yolandi Fisser is a singer and actress of South African origin, which has a unique style and fascinating vocal data. It became famous as a vocalist of the musical team of Die Antwoord, performing unusual compositions in the Rap Rail genre. It easily combines an aggressive recalculation with melodious handles filled with a childish voice.Childhood and youth
The biography of the neborn Henri du Tua (this real name of the singer began on the first day of the winter of 1984 in a tiny resort town called Port Alfred, which is located in the east of the South African Republic. The girl focused in the infancy of a local Christian family, consisting of a minister in the church and his spouse-housewife. Together with her, the elder brother, which is also a foster child. Yolandi is not familiar with his real parents.
Embed from getty imagesThe mother of the girl is a cemetery, and his father refers to representatives of the Negroid race. Due to the fact that it was born into the country's difficult for the country, her relatives decided to abandon the child with mixed blood. This talented performer told about this in one of the frank interviews.
As a child, Fisser was a student of the female Catholic School of St. Dominic. From an early age, the girl noticed how much different from his peers - Yolandi was an absolute rebellion and called himself a "small punker", and also regularly fought with his classmates.
Having reached the age of 16, the shocking girl was excluded from the educational institution for destructive behavior, so she had to complete education at the boarding school in one of the 3 capitals of South Africa - Pretoria. Prior to an educational institution from the parental house, it was necessary to get 9 hours by car, but the creative atmosphere was reigned in his walls smoothed all the cons. It is here that the artistic ambitions girls finally began to be implemented.
Music
The turning point in the life of Yolandi occurred in 2003. Then the girl moved to Cape Town and met the Rapper Waking Tordy Jones (more famous as Ninja from the Die Antwoord group). The guy was one of the participants of a little-known rap group called The Constructus Corporation along with Felix Labland. The team existed for 1 year and released the only plate "The Ziggrat", in which you could hear the voice of the Fistser.Embed from getty imagesBy the time the girl did not understand the hip-hop at all, but Ninja still arranged her listening in a record studio, during which he was extremely impressed - Joldi demonstrated all his vocal skills. The musician gave a promise to teach a novice singer to everything that he knows and knows himself.
As a result, together with it, as well as with the producer of Justin de Nobragoy and Rapper, Neon Don Wictin founded the team called Maxnormal.tv. The team was named after one of the heroes of the British science fiction anthology of the 1970s "2000 AD". I existed for several years, the group presented two full-fledged plates.
Embed from getty imagesIn 2008, Ninja and Yolandi, Fisser organized a team of Die Antwoord, which means "answer" in African. In addition to them, DJ Hi-Tek entered the collective. Musicians began to position themselves as part of the South African movement in the countercultitution called ZEF. It was associated with the "white" small bourgeois layer of Society from South Africa. According to the soloist:
"Zef includes poor, but fashionable and sexy young people. They have no money, but there is a style. "The debut plate of the group called "$ o $" was published in 2009. The album included such songs that later became hits as Rich Bitch, ENTER THE NINJA (a non-standard clip attracted the attention of the sophisticated audience of musical critics) and "Super Evil".
Shortly after the first success, the team signed a contract with a record company from America Interscope Records and began to actively work on the implementation of new singles and rollers. Subsequently, Die Antwoord clips have always been distinguished by specific content, motley paints and narrated about the leisure of ordinary residents of South Africa. According to artists, almost all the actors from their video cloth are familiar or friends.
Yolandi and her group quickly gained fame and reverence. In 2011, Die Antwoord opened their own musical label, which was called Zef Recordz. It was on him that the team released the 2nd and 3rd studio discs: "Ten $ ion" in 2012 and Donker Mag in 2014. Song and clip with the last titled "Ugly Boy" became hits.
The fourth album "Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid" came out 2 years later and included joint tracks with a retrode diet background of TIZ, an American rap performer by Saint Dog, as well as actor and singer Jack Blake.
Films
In 2010, Hollywood director David Fincher was seriously configured to cooperate with Yolandi - it was her who he wanted to see her new film "Girl with a dragon tattoo" (as the hairstyle, figure and the image of the girl generally corresponded to the description in the original source). However, the Fisser responded with refusal, as he firmly decided to devote his lives with music. As a result, the central heroine of the picture was performed by Rooney Mara.
Next year, Die Antwoord presented a 15-minute short work entitled "Give me my car." Celebrities reincarnated in wheelchair disabled, dressed in Kigurumi.
In 2015, Jones and Yolandi debuted in the Hollywood Ribe director Nile Blammampa "Robot named Chappi." In the picture, it was about a unique robot, able to feel and think. In the militant also played stars like Hugh Jackman, Dev Patel and Sigurney Weaver. Die Antwoord also wrote several songs for the film. Subsequently, the "robot named Chappi" received mainly negative reviews of film critics, but attracted attention to the group.
Personal life
Yolandi was happy for a long time in his personal life with his partner in Ninji. In 2006, her husband had her husband's daughter, and after 4 years, the family was replenished with a 9-year-old Son-Strose Tocca, whom the musicians found in the neighboring area. Their children were repeatedly starred in the clips Die Antwoord, and the photo of tiny sequstine decorated the cover of the album Maxnormal.tv.Embed from getty imagesNow it is not known for certain, whether a soloist was divorced with Ucytnaya Puddor Jones or not - they prefer not to disclose the details of their privacy.
Yolandi Fisser has no personal account in the social network "Instagram", but a lot of images with it is posted on the official Rap group page. On some of them, the girl appears before the public in a swimsuit or without a grima.
The singer has tiny parameters: its growth is 156 cm, and the weight is 47 kg.
Yolandi Fisser now
In 2019, the performer, together with his group, continues to actively give concerts in different cities and countries.
Musicians periodically preheat interest to the public to themselves, stating that they intend to dissolve Die Antwoord. However, while it remains only words.
Discography
- 2009 - "$ O $"
- 2012 - "Ten $ ion"
- 2014 - "Donker Mag"
- 2016 - "Mount Ninji and Da Nice Time Kid"
- 2018 - "27"
Filmography
- 2010 - "Give me my car"
- 2015 - "Robot named Chappi"