Through collaboration on some of Die Antwoord's music videos, which have received more than 30 million hits on YouTube, Ballen's paintings and sculpture have gained broader exposure globally.
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He has contributed and collaborated with many notable artists such as Die Antwoord in their songs Wat Pomp and Doos Dronk and worked with Gazelle and DJ INVIZABLE in Hosh Tokolosh and Francois van Coke in Hard Partytjie Hou, both from Parow's second full-length album, Eksie Ou.
Ironically, many black working class artists from townships, like Mitchells Plain and Bonteheuwel, have yet to convert their cultural expression and art into the sort of commercial success that is now enjoyed by Die Antwoord in the international arena, which has been fascinated by Die Antwoord's performance of coloured and white Afrikaans working-class stereotypes.