About

Known credits:
9
Birthday:
1974-12-30
Place of birth:
Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
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Genka

Overview

Henry Kõrvits (born December 30, 1974 in Tallinn), better known by his stagename Genka is an Estonian rapper, record producer and actor.

Henry Kõrvits' father is musician Harry Kõrvits and his grandfather was composer and musicologist Harri Kõrvits. He began rapping in 1996 along with Revo and DJ Paul Oja, who was Genka's schoolmate. Together they started a band called Toe Tag. Their first album The Real Kuhnja Homophobes was released next year. In 1998, Genka and Revo joined another Estonian rap group, A-Rühm, and Toe Tag went on vacation. Genka also started making his own solo songs. The most famous hit was "Tallinn", which was rapped along with Droopy in 2001. During the same year Toe Tag came back together and started a big Estonian tour. In 2004, Toe Tag released their second studio album Legendaarne (Legendary), which consisted of 18 songs. The most famous songs from the album were "Legendaarne" and "Pankrot" (Bankruptcy). In 2006, Genka and A-Rühm released their new album Leegion which had 23 songs. The most famous songs from this album were "Palmisaar" (Palm Island) and "Tugitooli Gangster" (Armchair Gangster).

Genka and DJ Paul Oja started their own record company, Legendaarne Records. Also Genka and A-Rühm were the warm-up performers for 50 Cent on his 2007 Europe promo tour for the Curtis album in Tallinn.

Known for

Acting

2022 The Old Man and Gasworm Actor Genka (voice) N/A
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2022 Twin Turbo Actor Mad Hobo 59
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2019 The Chuck Band Show Actor Hendrik N/A
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2019 Class Reunion 3: Godfathers Actor Toomas 58
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2018 Class Reunion 2: A Wedding and a Funeral Actor Toomas 58
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2016 Class Reunion Actor Toomas 59
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2005 Old Men's Paradise Actor Boy with a Tufted Hat 58
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Jan Uuspõld Goes Home Actor N/A
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Sound

2022 The Old Man and Gasworm Sound Songs N/A
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