Genka

Acting

Genka

Born
(age 51)
Birthplace
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Credits
11 titles

Biography

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 10

YearTitleRole
2026 Suur Muusikamäng TV Henry Kõrvits (1 ep)
2025 Jan Uuspõld Goes Home Film Genka
2022 The Old Man and Gasworm Film Genka (voice)
2022 Twin Turbo Film Mad Hobo
2019 The Chuck Band Show Film Hendrik
2019 Class Reunion 3: Godfathers Film Toomas
2018 Class Reunion 2: A Wedding and a Funeral Film Toomas
2016 Class Reunion Film Toomas
2014 Sing my Song TV (9 ep)
2005 Old Men's Paradise Film Boy with a Tufted Hat

Crew credits 2

YearTitleJob
2025 Christmas in the Boonies Film Music
2022 The Old Man and Gasworm Film Songs
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