Teun de Kruif

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 Joost Klein. 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 Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

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 FL Studio. In 2009, De Kruif started uploading beats to the internet, including YouTube and Myspace. In 2010, he and a friend started a website where he sold beats under a non-exclusive license.

In 2017, De Kruif interned at BeatStars, an American music licensing platform based in Austin, Texas. In January 2018, he received a message from Italian rapper Gemitaiz 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.

De Kruif is a collaborator of Joost Klein 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 Eurovision Song Contest 2024, "Europapa". He has also produced for Higher Brothers, bbno$, Paulo Londra, Cosculluela, Tai Verdes, S10 and Merol, among others.

Discography Studio albums Title Album details Language of Beats Released: 21 June 2014 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Bounce House [Beat Tape] Released: 6 April 2020 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Meditate [Beat Tape] Released: 28 January 2021 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles Title Year Album or EP "Tantu Beats Anthem" 2023