South African Band Die Antwoord Accuse ‘Suicide Squad’ of ‘Jockin’ Their Style

Members of the South African rap-rave crew Die Antwoord have accused Suicide Squad director David Ayer of ripping off their look.

Yolandi Visser shared a video on Instagram along with a lengthy post claiming that Suicide Squad “nibbeld” a little too much from the group’s style. The post also claims that Ayer spoke on set about the band, and even invited them to the movie premiere but never asked their permission to be referenced.

The video of side-by-side shots points out similar trenchcoats worn by Die Antwoord’s Ninja and Jared Leto’s Joker, the three watches worn by Harley Quinn (which is Visser’s trademark) and the cast posing in front of black and white graffiti.

This is the original post:

yes David Ayer u jockin our style. callin ninja up before your movie came our pretendin 2b down, so it looks OK when u bite our black & white graf style & our opening sequence to umshiniwam & an all da lil tiny details u nibbeld dat other people wont see but we notice. Cara & Jared told us how much u were talkin abt us on set but u never asked our permision to rip us off. An when ninja texted u sayin wassup wif dat u said nothin like a scared lil bitch. U were jus flauntin our names pretendin to b down. u aint down an u never will b. but before we knew da extent of ur two face nature – u invited us to ur movie premiere(which i didnt wanna go to) but ninja went , tinkin ur solid guy an mayb there was jus a lil "misunderstandin". Den poor ninja had to sit thru dat hole bullshit movie. An u even got da nerve to say wassup to him smilin – an ninja has to b nice cus he is there wif his kid. But we all tink u wack. U shud start a crew called:,"im a fake fuck" ask kanye if he wants to join u. Cum show ur pretty face at my studios. U know Muggs & u know where da Soul Assasin Studios at. we watin for u. @djmuggs_the_black_goat_ @zef_alien @boojie_baby_ @ragingzefboner @_dark_force_ @dejanvisser @djhitekisgod @jipsi518

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Die Antwoord seems quite pissed off. It is unlikely, however, that they make a legal case from their accusations. Kanye’s infamous “Famous” video was also inspired by another artist, just like Beyonce’s “Lemonade” referenced the works of many. The line between infringement and “inspiration” or “reference” is bleak.

Some are not convinced that Suicide Squad owes anything to Die Antwoord.

Dear .@DieAntwoord

These guys are waiting on their royalties pic.twitter.com/lAZTnjJUhH

— CapeTown, Bru! (@CapeTown_Bru) August 10, 2016

*Suicide Squad is accused of being obnoxious, nonsensical, basically a mess*
Die Antwoord: HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!

— I smell a stunt (@jaimeshade) August 10, 2016