Yolandi Visser

YoLandi Visser (stylized as ¥O-LANDI VI$$ER,) born Anri du Toit is an actress and the female vocalist in the South African zef rap group Die Antwoord. Visser appeared in the 2015 film Chappie. Visser also co-starred in Umshini Wam and Tokoloshe: all three films co-starred bandmate Watkin Tudor Jones. Under her birth name, Visser made two short films, Family Picnic and Spook Asem.

Yolandi Visser was a part of the music and art groups The Constructus Corporation and MaxNormal.tv. The former was a project that produced a concept album/graphic novel while the latter was a South African ‘corporate’ hip-hop group in which Visser’s role was portraying Max Normal’s personal assistant. She appeared in several of their music/art videos.

Die Antwoord is a South African rap group formed in Cape Town in 2008. The group was formed by rappers Ninja and Visser, and producer God (formerly referred to as DJ Hi-Tek). Die Antwoord’s image is based on a counterculture movement known as Zef in South Africa, and incorporates elements of the work of photographer Roger Ballen.

Die Antwoord released their debut album, $O$ (2009), free online and attracted international attention for their music video for “Enter the Ninja”. After briefly signing with Interscope Records, in 2011 they founded their own label Zef Recordz, and released their second and third studio albums, Ten$Ion (2012) and Donker Mag (2014). They released their fourth album, Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid, in 2016.