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Watkin Tudor Jones (born 27 September 1974), known as Ninja, is a South African rapper, record producer, and actor. Jones comes from Johannesburg where he attended Parktown Boys' High School. Jones left school in 1992, one year before graduating. Jones was a part of South African hip-hop scene for many years. He has had many different stage personas, including with the Sibot-produced The Fantastic Kill and Markus Wormstorm-produced promo-only EP "Emmanuel Rothchild - My Favourite Songs" and "Markus Wormstorm Is Not Gay", and fronting such acts as The Original Evergreen, MaxNormal.TV and The Constructus Corporation. He is best known as Ninja from Die Antwoord. Other aspects of Jones' creativity have been graphic art and even stuffed animal making. Jones has a daughter named Sixteen with Yolandi Visser, who has been a frequent collaborator, including membership in Die Antwoord. He now lives in Cape Town. ==Max Normal== Jones was the lead vocalist of Max Normal, a live hip hop act, which released their debut album entitled ''Songs From The Mall'' in 2001. The band performed at various festivals around South Africa, including Up the Creek, Splashy Fen, and Oppikoppi. They also played in London and three shows at the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium.〔() 〕 A second version of this band evolved into the 'corporate' hip-hop group MaxNormal.tv in which they released an album, ''Good Morning South Africa,'' in 2008 with a sound not unlike the later-formed and more well-known group "Die Antwoord." They were a South African hip-hop crew that performed live wearing three-piece suits while frontman MaxNormal delivered his motivational speaking style raps to the audience. He also illustrated his lyrics to help the audience follow which were projected onto a big screen above the live performers and are triggered live to the beat by Max's personal assistant, Yolandi Visser, in a PowerPoint presentation style. In early 2002, Jones disbanded Max Normal, just as the band was reaching South African stardom, headlining festivals like Oppikoppi and charting on 5FM (citing being creatively stifled as reason). He relocated to Cape Town and began collaborating with DJ Dope of Krushed & Sorted and Felix Laband on the music for a multi-media project he had conceptualised involving a graphic novel with soundtrack and live show. These sessions spawned the ''Man Who Never Came Back'' track on African Dope's ''Cape Of Good Dope'' compilation in 2002, but gradually mutated into The Constructus Corporation outfit. Yolandi Visser, listed as Anica The Snuffling on the credits, was also involved. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Watkin Tudor Jones」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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