Yolandi Visser

South African rapper and singer

Yolandi Visser worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.

The record lists Yolandi Visser as South African rapper and singer.

Yolandi Visser was born at Port Alfred in 1984. Her recorded nationality is South Africa.

Streaming replaced the record industry's economics in this generation: reach became enormous and the income per listen very small.

She worked as rapper, singer and songwriter.

The instruments recorded are voice.

Her work is classed as hip-hop and techno.

She performed with Die Antwoord.

A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.

That the work came out of South Africa shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.

Yolandi Visser is still performing or recording, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.

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