Henry Kõrvits (born 30 December 1974 in

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), better known by his stagename Genka, is an

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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

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. 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. Also Genka 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

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on his 2007 Europe promo tour for the ''

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'' album in Tallinn.

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Legendaarne Records
* * * 1974 births Living people Estonian rappers Singers from Tallinn 21st-century Estonian male singers Estonian male film actors Masked Singer winners {{Estonia-bio-stub