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 +1Posted on Oct 15th, 2010 | re: Die Antwoord Is "Fake," And So What? (104 comments)

Who cares if they are fake? Something truly revolutionary and subversive should come from people with brains. They are artists, they are musicians exploiting kitsch and, really, bringing out the best of hip hop that not even many “real” hip hop artists have been able to do for the past 10 years. It’s like punk; it took a pissed out man with brains and a sense of art to make it happen and it’s happening again with Die Antwoord and M.I.A. And what makes me more glad is that these aren’t American artists which to me is fantastic because it means that we are being informed of more “wordly” experiences. Sorry but Michael Jackson died and, symbolically at least, with him died all the American music industry. While Lady Gaga wears meat just to get attention, Die Antwoord are creating a revolution in the basement of their home and that’s the way it should be: music for the people. Let me rewrite that: music for the people OF THE WORLD from the people OF THE WORLD.