Despite building cult-level adoration an international scale, Die Antwoord don’t exactly have many fucks to give when it comes to political correctness. Both Ninja and Yolandi Visser are on the exposure come-up, with prominent roles in the dystopian sci-fi film Chappie in addition to a now-legendary stage show. But a recent Instagram post by Visser is putting a more controversial spin on the South African outfit’s limelight.
Drake and Die Antwoord are both touring Australia as part of the traveling Future Music Festival, and for some reason, Visser decided to throw some deep shade at Drake along the way. As Billboard points out, Visser posted a photo of Drake overlaid with the phrase, “I’m a massive faggot.” The caption reads, “Fuk. Drake was kak.” Kak is slang for feces. Here’s the offending post:
According to a Huffington Post interview from 2011, because Die Antwoord’s DJ Hi-Tek is gay, they claim a sort of diplomatic immunity against claims of homophobia. Here’s Ninja on the matter:
I’d like to set the record straight here once and for all. Number one: DJ Hi-Tek is gay. So there you go. Now you all know. Number two: Dj Hi-Tek says the word faggot doesn’t hold any power over him. Hi-Tek says faggot all the time cause he’s like, kind of taken that word and made it his bitch. Number three: Just to be fucking clear, the Antwoord is not homophobic… Number four: It comes across to us that some people from America are heavy sensitive about the use of certain words. But the thing is, what you need to understand is, we’re not from America. We’re from South Africa. And South Africa people aren’t so pumped up about these words.
There you have it. I’m sure as hell no fan of Drake, but dropping homophobic high-school insults on an international platform is stupid on an alarming level.
