VIDEO: Die Antwoord remixes 'Dis Iz Why I'm Hot'
WEN U SAY SOUTH AFRICA DA 1ST FINGZ DAT CUM 2 MIND/IS YUP: RACISM, APARTHEID AN CRIME
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Die Antwoord dropped another video today. It's a remix of New York one-hit wonder Mim's joint from a few years ago, "This Is Why I'm Hot," on which he appropriated a dumbed-down Southern rap flow and scored himself an unlikely hit. Now the South African duo, often criticized for appropriating "the distinctive gangster style of the 'coloreds'" — meaning South Africans of mixed ethnicity, per the New York Times — appropriates Mim's appropriation. Get it.
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Anyway, Fab 5 Freddy does; he makes a cameo appearance in the end. To make this thing complete, read along with their lyrics, typed in ALL CAPS and emailed by stateside publicist. Die Antwoord plays Atlanta next month.
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-YO DIS IZ WHY I'M HOT! I DON'T GIVE A FACK
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-YO I'LL KICK A RAP OVER SUM-1 ELSE'Z TRAK
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-I REPRESENT SOUTH AFRICA! I PUT IT ON DA MAP
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-SOUTH AFRICA! MAN I HEARD DAT PLACE IZ FUKN WACK!
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-WEN U SAY SOUTH AFRICA DA 1ST FINGZ DAT CUM 2 MIND
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-IS YUP: RACISM, APARTHEID AN CRIME
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-FUCK A RACIST! MUDDAFUKKAZ IZ STUCK IN '89
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-BUT DA CRIMEZ STILL WYLIN! WORD 2 MY 9