Freaky Friday: "Enter the Ninja" - Die Antwoord

Imagine, if you will, a thugged out, South African version of Vanilla Ice with a hard-on for drum-and-bass inspired beats. Now imagine that he has friends that all look like they escaped from a freak show and/or a David Lynch movie. Now stop imagining, because that shit is real and...

By Cory Casciato

February 5, 2010

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Imagine, if you will, a thugged out, South African version of Vanilla Ice with a hard-on for drum-and-bass inspired beats. Now imagine that he has friends that all look like they escaped from a freak show and/or a David Lynch movie. Now stop imagining, because that shit is real and it is Die Antwoord.

Of the many, many videos we have featured here at Freaky Friday, we believe this may be the actual freakiest. Seriously, it's a little disturbing, and not just because it sounds like that dude from District 9 speed-rapping nonsense about being a ninja. Actually, that's the easiest to swallow thing about this whole, bizarre mess. And it's worth noting that the goofy looking gent you see here is, by far, the most normal looking person in this video.

We really don't know what else to say, but word of warning: if you have nightmares about this shit afterward, don't say we didn't warn you...

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