Heavy clip for our favorite South African rave-rap experiment Die Antwoord's new single "Fok Julle Naaiers." It plays like a synth-flanked, gun-toting appropriation/mockery of usual (rap) male bravado. Stick around for the end where DJ Hi-Tek riffs on an infamous Mike Tyson quotable. TEN$ION LP drops January. (via TB)
Update: Die Antwoord's Ninja explains the use of "controversial" words in the single below.
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