De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig ("Kids These Days" lit.: The Youth of Nowadays) is a Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

 hip hop

Hip hop music

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 and R&B group based in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, The Netherlands, renowned for their musical approach of irreverent, humorous lyrics and electronic beats. Their humorous style is characterised by their frequent use of word play

Word play

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, lyrical flirting with languages other than Dutch and the propagating of neologisms, such as the word "watskeburt

Watskeburt

Watskeburt?! is a Dutch song by the hip hop group De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig . "Watskeburt" is a contraction of the Dutch sentence "Wat is er gebeurd?" ....

" (cf. the english wassup).

The group consists of Vieze Fur ("Dirty Fur", real name Freddie Tratlehner), also known as Vieze Freddie ("Dirty Freddie"), P. Fabergé (real name Pepijn Lanen), also known as P. Dronq, Faberge, Faber-yayo and Peppie, and Willie Wartaal (real name Ollicio Locadia, Wartaal means "gibberish" or "ravings", the name Willie Wartaal resembles Willie Wortel, the Dutch name for Gyro Gearloose

Gyro Gearloose

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), also known as WiWa. When singing about his younger self WiWa also calls himself "Wiwelientje" (little Wiwelien). Their producer

Record producer

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 is Bas Bron

Bas Bron

Bas Bron is a musical artist and a producer of mostly electronic music from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.-Bastian:Bas Bron is perhaps most famous in the Netherlands under the moniker Bastian...

.

In the Netherlands they are known for their novelty hit

Novelty song

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 single "Watskeburt?!

Watskeburt

Watskeburt?! is a Dutch song by the hip hop group De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig . "Watskeburt" is a contraction of the Dutch sentence "Wat is er gebeurd?" ....

". Released on May 16, 2005, it topped the Dutch Top 40

Dutch Top 40

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 for several weeks that year. Their debut album Parels voor de Zwijnen ("Pearls for Swines") was released on September 30, 2005.

In July 2006, the group was featured on the song Poes in de Playboy ("Pussy in the Playboy") of the Dutch reggae/ska band Luie Hond

Luie hond

Luie Hond was a Dutch reggae and ska band from Leeuwarden, founded in the summer of 1997 and active until December 2007.After being a regional success, the band became nationally known in 1999, when the popular pop singer Ilse DeLange discovered the group and invited them to do the opening act for...

 ("Lazy Dog"). In May 2007, they released the single Shenkie.

Their second album, titled De Machine ("The Machine"), was released on April 25, 2008, preceded by the single Hollereer on April 4. In 2010, they released De Lachende Derde ("The Laughing Third").

Albums

Year	Title
2005	Parels voor de Zwijnen
2008	De Machine
2010	De Lachende Derde

Singles

Year	Single	Album	Peak Position
			Dutch Top 40	Dutch Top 100	Flemish Ultratop
2005	"Watskeburt?! Watskeburt Watskeburt?! is a Dutch song by the hip hop group De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig . "Watskeburt" is a contraction of the Dutch sentence "Wat is er gebeurd?" .... "	Parels voor de Zwijnen	1	1	15
	"Voorjekijkendoorlopen"		-	40	-
	"Ho Ho Ho" (ft. Katja Schuurman Katja Schuurman Katja Römer-Schuurman is a Dutch actress, singer, television personality and occasional VJ.-Youth:Katja grew up in Bunnik as the eldest daughter of a Dutch father and a Chinese-Surinamese mother; she has one younger sister, Birgit, who is an actress as well.-The 1990s:Schuurman made her acting... )	-	32	25	-
2006	"Poes in de Playboy" (with Luie Hond Luie hond Luie Hond was a Dutch reggae and ska band from Leeuwarden, founded in the summer of 1997 and active until December 2007.After being a regional success, the band became nationally known in 1999, when the popular pop singer Ilse DeLange discovered the group and invited them to do the opening act for... )	Met Liefde	-	41	-
2007	"Shenkie"	-	-	43	-
2008	"Hollereer"	De Machine	-	11	36
	"Wopwopwop (De Tentbakkers)"		-	-	-
	"Datvindjeleukhe"		-	-	-
2009	"Buma In Mijn Zak"		-	-	-
	"Deze Donkere Jongen komt zo Hard"		-	-	35
2010	"Sterrenstof"	De Lachende Derde	8*	7*	-