Die Fantastischen Vier (German pronunciation: [diː fanˈtastɪʃən ˈfiːɐ̯], "The Fantastic Four"), often shortened to Fanta 4, is a German hip hop group from Stuttgart, named after the German title of Marvel's Fantastic Four. The members are Michael Schmidt (Smudo), Andreas Rieke (And.Ypsilon), Thomas Dürr (Thomas D; also dubbed "Hausmeister", janitor), and Michael "Michi" Beck. They were, together with Advanced Chemistry, among the first groups to rap in the German language.