Watkin Tudor Jones Biography, Age, Wife, Daughter, Height, Net Worth

Watkin Tudor Jones is a South African artist who is popularly known for his rap group called Die Antwoord. It was his passion for music that led him to drop out of school in the 90s to pursue his career in music. However, the road was not as bright as it had had its share of failures. He finally rose to prominence with the launch of the band Die Antwoord in 2008 and since then his fame has spread around the world. Let’s explore his biography, love life and net worth in the following paragraphs.

Watkin Tudor Jones’ Bio (Age)

Watkin Tudor Jones was born on June 26, 1974 in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Although little is known about his parents, it can be said that Watkin is South African and his pale complexion indicates that his ethnicity is heterogeneous. Some sources also say that the musician has a brother with whom he spent his childhood.

Regarding his education, it has been confirmed by reliable sources that Watkin did not finish high school and that he left school, he had tried his luck in many music groups which had never succeeded. His first attempt at forming a band was in The Original Evergreens in the 1990s, before moving to Max Normal where he became lead singer. In 2001, they dropped the album titled ‘Song from the Mall’.

After basking in the euphoria of their album, Max Normal disbanded and Watkin Tudor Jones moved to Cape Town, where he became a member of hip-hop group The Constructs Corporation, but that group also broke up about a year after debuting. Watkin then teamed up with his old band in 2005 as MaxNormal.TV to collaborate with artists including Yolandi Visser, Justin De Nobrega and Neon Don.

Later, Watkin Tudor Jones formed the rap group Die Antwoord and that’s where he got his famous name Ninja. The group has become very popular for its unique style of mixing contemporary and old songs. In 2010, he toured Europe and the United States, performing the South African song Zef Music. Moreover, we understood that the group’s song, “Enter the Ninja”, became a hit and that the South African artist, Leon Botha, took part in it.

Other works

Apart from his influence as a musician, Watkin Tudor Jones is also known for his role in two movies and his first movie appearance was in 1995 ‘s Kickboxer 5 where he had a cameo as a prisoner. Later he was seen in a South African documentary released in 2010 titled Tokoloshe and the following year he was in the Zulu-based film Umshini Wam by Harmony Korine. Watkin was also seen in the action thriller Chappie which came out in 2015 and the film did big business.

His wife and daughter

A look at Watkin’s love life shows that the musician isn’t a married man, but he shares a long-term relationship with rapper Yolandi Visser, who also happens to be the mother of their daughter Sixteen Jones.

It’s also interesting to know that Watkin’s girlfriend’s real name is not Yolandi Visser, but Anri Du Toit and her daughter followed suit, as she is now part of The Boy With The Rainbow Face. Sixteen is also known for appearing in the music video Fink U Freeky at around age 7.

We also learned that Sixteen wasn’t Watkin Tudor Jones’ only child, as he and Yolandi adopted a boy in 2010, Tokke, from the Johannesburg slums.

What is Watkin Turdor Jones net worth?

The multi-faceted South African artist better known as Ninja, he is definitely reaping some rewards from his career as an artist. Not only did Watkin Tudor Jones serve as a singer, but he’s also credited as a songwriter, music producer, and aspiring actor who all helped earn him a $10 million fine.

Controversial

As his fame spread, controversy also claimed that Ninja was not the original creator of the Die Antwoord songs. Some Johannesburg dailies stole the idea from him of some street kids known as The Glue Gang Boys. It was also revealed that Watkin Tudor Jones felt like looking after the young boys but ended up stealing their style of music.

On top of that, Watkin Tudor was accused of sexually manipulating young girls, one of whom was Australian artist Zhandi Sparkes. However, all of these allegations have been denied by Wakin and his partner, Yolandi, and no charges have yet been filed against them.

the size

From his looks, it is very obvious that Watkin is a tall man and he stands at a height of 6ft 1in. His bodybuild can be described as slim and it is obvious that he loves tattoos as he has lots of markings all over his body.

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