Genka
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.
Acting
Movie
Class Reunion
as Toomas
2016
Movie
Class Reunion 2: A Wedding and a Funeral
as Toomas
2018
Movie
Class Reunion 3: Godfathers
as Toomas
2019
Movie
Old Men's Paradise
as Boy with a Tufted Hat
2005
Movie
Twin Turbo
as Mad Hobo
2022
Movie
Jan Uuspõld Goes Home
as Genka
2025
Movie
The Chuck Band Show
as Hendrik
2019
Movie
The Old Man and Gasworm
as Genka (voice)
2022
TV
Sing my Song
2014