Die Fantastischen Vier | |
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 Die Fantastischen Vier in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Genres | German hip hop, pop rap |
| Years active | 1986 (1989) – present |
| Labels | Four Music, Sony BMG |
| Members | Michael "Michi" Beck Thomas Dürr ("Thomas D") Michael "Smudo" Schmidt Andreas "And.Ypsilon" Rieke |
| Website | diefantastischenvier |
Die Fantastischen Vier (German pronunciation: [diː fanˈtastɪʃən ˈfiːɐ̯], "The Fantastic Four"), often shortened to Fanta 4, is a German hip hop band from Stuttgart. The members are Michael Schmidt (Smudo), Andreas Rieke, Thomas Dürr, and Michi Beck. They were, together with Advanced Chemistry, one of the earlier German-language rap groups.[1]
- ^ Brown, Timothy S. "'Keeping it Real' in a Different 'Hood: (African-) Americanization and Hip-hop in Germany." In The Vinyl Ain't Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture, ed. by Dipannita Basu and Sidney J. Lemelle, 137–50. London