Photos from the holiday showed Sparkes posing for a selfie with du Toit, patting an elephant with Jones, and Jones tattooing 'stoner' and 'witch' on her wrists. Jones told her, in messages before her arrival, not to talk to or kiss him until they were alone, and she claims he wanted sex as soon as they got home. 'Yo yo yo skull of foxes!!! wats pumpin ur style is on point! ninja showd me ur tumble blog… i like i like!! he also gun say hi 2 u! will be cool 2 hang & get hi as f**k wen i cum 2 aus nxt tym! stay bad! xxx,' the email read Jones eventually arranged to fly to Brisbane to meet her, but the plan suddenly changed when Sparkes' drink was spiked on a night out.Īs she told him of experiencing 'full body hallucinations', he insisted this was a sign she should fly to South Africa to meet him instead.Įmails show Jones arranging with his assistants to organise and pay for her flights for an eight-day trip in August 2013 and the costs for an expedited passport. Sparkes also claimed he remarked how much she looked like his daughter Sixteen Jones and screenshots of texts showed an apparent incest fantasy. Their WhatsApp conversations turned increasingly personal and sexual and within days Sparkes claims she was sent explicit photos of Jones. Jones displayed a keen interest in the occult, one of her favourite topics, calling himself a 'warlock' and her his 'stoner witch'. Du Toit is the mother of his daughter Sixteen Jones before they broke up in 2013
Sparkes poses with Andri du Toit - known as Yolandi - who makes up Die Antwoord with Jones. Within a day, Sparkes was constantly texting with Jones and though she found the attention overwhelming, she was drawn in. 'Yo yo yo skull of foxes!!! wats pumpin ur style is on point! ninja showd me ur tumble blog… i like i like!! he also gun say hi 2 u! will be cool 2 hang & get hi as f**k wen i cum 2 aus nxt tym! stay bad! xxx,' it read. Sparkes, aged just 20, received an Instagram comment from du Toit asking to get in touch, then a follow up email on June 22. The pair broke up in 2013, though stayed together as a band, and both began seeing other partners. Ninja, real name Watkin Tudor Jones, 44, makes up the rap duo with his ex-girlfriend, and mother of his child, Andri du Toit - known as Yolandi. Sparkes released a song called The Question in March (Die Antwoord means 'The Answer' in Afrikaans) which lashed out at his behaviour. Ninja leapt onto the floor in front of the stage and kept rapping while sitting on the shoulders of audience members.Ninja, real name Watkin Tudor Jones, 44, developed a relationship with the young Australian musician he flew to his home country after meeting her on Instagram The crowd knew the chorus and jumped in unison with the performers during the song. The show peaked with their hit “I Fink U Freeky,” released in 2012. They continued with their better known, older material, including “Pitbull Terrier” and “Baby’s on Fire.”
After the song, Ninja dropped his sweatpants, revealing a Star of David across the front of his shorts underneath. They performed “Ugly Boy” shrouded in red-colored smoke, Visser dancing on the DJ’s platform high above the main stage. Their elaborate, bizarre videos like “Evil Boy” and “Baby’s on Fire” have tens of millions of views online. Surreal, sometimes shocking imagery is a key part of their product. The crowd immediately recognized the image. They then continued with some of their new material, accompanied by two dancers dressed in a matching neon jumpsuits, before flashing the opening scene to their music video for “Ugly Boy” on the screen behind them. Ninja of Die Antwoord performs in Rishon Lezion, June 8, 2016. The group, including its branch in Israel, requested a meeting with Die Antwoord and called on the band to cancel its show in Israel, claiming parallels between apartheid South Africa and Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. South Africa is a stronghold of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divesment and Sanctions movement. Their music often blends Ninja’s frenetic raps with Visser’s falsetto, and has inspired a cult following worldwide with songs like “Fatty Boom Boom,” the first one the majority of the audience seemed to recognize.Īfter the song, Ninja addressed calls for the group to boycott Israel ahead of the show. The thickly muscled, also shirtless DJ Hi-Tek towered over them with his turntables on a platform at the rear of the stage. The diminutive Visser strutted and danced across the stage throughout the performance, while Ninja, rail-thin, covered in tattoos and usually shirtless, paced around the center of the platform and engaged with the audience. The crowd was unfamiliar with the new material but the group’s animated performance made up for it. Yo-Landi Visser and Ninja onstage in Israel, June 8, 2016.