Celebrity Biographies
Watkin Tudor Jones Biography
| Nation of birth: | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Height: | 6 feet 1 inch |
| Nationality | South Africa |
| Place of birth / city | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| ethnicity | White |
| Profession | raver and record producer |
| Net worth | $10 million |
| Girlfriend | YolandiVisser |
| Married | NO |
| Kids | sixteen jones |
| Education | Parktown Boy’s High School in 1989 |
South African rapper and record producer Watkin Tudor Jones is better known by his stage name, Ninja. He began his professional music career in 1993, but rose to fame as a band member of the eccentric rave-rap crew Die Antwoord in 2008. Jones is also known as an actor who appeared in films like Umshini Wan (2011), Die Antwoord : Ugly Boy (2014) and Chappie (2015). He shared a romantic relationship with his singer girlfriend, Yolandi. He fisherman and shared a daughter, Sixteen .
Early life and education of Watkin Tudor Jones
Watkin Tudor Jones was born on June 26, 1974 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is South African and belongs to the white ethnicity. He is better known by his stage name, Ninja .
Jones was raised together with his younger brother. He attended Parktown Boy’s High School in 1989.
The career of Watkin Tudor Jones
Watkin Tudor Jones served as the lead vocalist for love hip hop cat, normal Max . The band released their first album, Songs from the Mall in 2001 but disbanded after a year. He then moved to Cape Town and joined electronic/hip-hop group, The Constructs Corporation along with his DJ partner, Sibot .
The Constructs Corporation was also dissolved after a year of establishment. In 2005, Jones reunited his band Max Norman as a corporate hip-hop group, MaxNormal.TV . The band featured Yolandi Visser, Justin De Nobrega and Don Neon .
Jones rose to fame after founding a rap-rave group, The Answer also got his stage name, Ninja. The band is popular for fusing modern song with old song. They performed Zef music in Europe and the United States in 2010.
Antwoord’s debut album was $O$ . The promo for their single, Enter the Ninja went viral on the internet, crashing the Die Antwoord official site server. The video featured a prominent Cape Town artist, Leon Botha .
Watkin Tudor Jones made his feature film debut in 2015 with a sci-fi action flick, My Uncle . The film was a commercial success.
Watkin Tudor net worth
As of 2018, the estimated net worth of rapper Watkin Tudor Jones is $10 million. The average salary of a rapper in South Africa is between $120 thousand and $180 thousand per year.
In 2015, his debut film, Uncle Mine hit the silver screen. The film was made on a budget of $49 million which grossed over $102.1 million at the box office and IMDb rated the film 6.8 stars. In addition to this, she earned an impressive sum from her concerts and albums.
Watkin Tudor’s Personal Life
Watkin Tudor Jones is not married but was in a romantic relationship with his longtime singer girlfriend. Yolandi Visser . The duo began dating in 2006 after they started working together in the same rock band, Max Normal.TV.
The couple are proud parents of a daughter, Sixteen Jones . Sixteen was raised with a musical background which might be why he signed up for music and became a band member for The Boy With The Rainbow Face .
Jones once came under fire for saying ‘Sixteen was an accident’, but later clarified the rumors, mentioning that he didn’t mean those words.
In 2010, Jones’ girlfriend adopted a nine-year-old street boy, Tokkie from a tough neighborhood in Jo’burg. Currently, Jones is living a happy life with her partner and girlfriend in Cape Town.