Teun de Kruif (born 3 September 1993), known professionally as Tantu Beats, is a Dutch record producer and DJ. He is mainly known for his work with

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. In addition to his work with other artists, he also produces and sells individual beats himself. De Kruif also co-wrote and produced Klein's song " Europapa", which represented the Netherlands in the

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Biography

De Kruif was a fanatical skateboarder, but when he could no longer skate due to a knee injury at the age of fourteen, he decided to make hip-hop beats in

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. In 2009, De Kruif started uploading beats to the internet, including

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and

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. In 2010, he and a friend started a website where he sold beats under a non-exclusive license. After completing his pre-university education, De Kruif initially chose to study communication sciences in

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, but he soon realized that this was not his passion. He ultimately chose Music and Technology at the

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(HKU). In 2014 he started making music full-time and took preparatory training at the HKU in the evening, after which he was admitted to the full course. Although his company had been successful since 2012, he still wanted to pursue relevant studies to broaden his technical knowledge. In 2017, De Kruif interned at BeatStars, an American music licensing platform based in

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. In January 2018, he received a message from Italian rapper

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who wanted to buy a beat from him. This was for the song Questa Qua. At the end of April of that year, the album debuted at number one on the Italian album top 100. He initially produced his beats from a student room in

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, but moved to

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in 2021. De Kruif is a collaborator of

and has produced several albums with him. Their collaboration contributed to the revival of gabber-pop with songs such as "Droom groot", "Friesenjung", and the Dutch entry for the

, " Europapa". He has also produced for Higher Brothers,

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and Merol, among others.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

{{authority control 1993 births Living people People from Utrecht (city) Dutch DJs Dutch house musicians Dutch record producers Dutch lyricists