Dennis Lisk (born 1977 in Hamburg), also known as Denyo, Denyo 77, Dennis Deutschland and Dennis Dubplate, is a German soul and hip hop musician and radio presenter. He was also host of the German television series ''

Cover My Song ''Cover My Song'' is a German television series broadcast on VOX channel and hosted by German hip hop artist Dennis Lisk also known by his stage name Denyo. The program is formatted on the successful Dutch television series ''Ali B op volle toeren ...

''.

Music career

Lisk started his music career in the 1990s in the band formation

Absolute Beginner Beginner (formerly Absolute Beginner) is a German rap group from Hamburg, consisting of Jan Delay (aka Eizi Eiz/Eißfeldt), Denyo and DJ Mad. Their fourth album, ''Advanced Chemistry'', was released in August 2016. Band history The group ...

(later just Beginner) that released three albums, ''Flashnizm'' (1996), ''Bambule'' (1998) and ''Blast Action Heroes'' (2003). The latter, their most successful, peaked at #1 in German Albums Chart and reached #3 in the Ö3 Austria Top 40 Albums Chart. They were signed to Universal with main members with Dennis Lisk as Denyo, Jan Delay (Eißfeldt) and DJ Mad. Other members were DJ Burn, rappers Nabil Sheikh, Mirko and Platin Martin. While in the band, he released ''Minidsico'' in 2001 under the name Denyo77. It included self-produced tracks as well as collaborations from Eißfeldt 65, Glammerlicious, Milan and DJ Dynamite and featuring Eißfeldt 65 (also known as Hans Werner Votz), DJ Mad an den Cuts, Illo, Paolo 77, D-Flame and Das Bo. Also starting 2001, he worked in anti-racism project

Brothers Keepers Brothers Keepers is a German-based transnational anti-racism project, bringing together hip hop, reggae and soul musicians, headed primarily by Afro-Germans. Their debut single, "Adriano-Letzte Warnung", was written in response to the murder of ...

, in a collective of many artists from various genres (hip hop, reggae, soul), that included Xavier Naidoo, D-Flame, Ziggy Marley, Patrice, Gentleman, Torch. His single from the album "Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann" was Top 5 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. His second album, released in 2005 was titled ''The Denyos'' and was produced by Tropf, DJ Dynamited, Lars Mellow and Chris Tall and tracks featuring Eizi Eiz, Ms Marx and DJ Mad an den Cuts. One single was released titled "Ain't No Punchline When He's Gone". In July 2009, he released the solo album ''Suchen & Finden'' with contract signed with Four Music.

Radio and television

Dennis Lisk has also built a radio and television career. Once a week, he hosts ''Top of the Blogs'' on Hamburg radio station N-Joy. In 2011, he also hosted the inaugural season of ''

'', a television series bringing together artists from pop music and from hip hop / rap to "remake" known hits of each other in a bid for generating crossover modern hit interpretations. The program has won German Television Awards.

Personal life

Lisk is married and has two children, a son and a daughter.

Discography

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;with Absolute Beginner / Beginner * 1996: ''Flashnizm'' uback* 1998: ''Bambule'' niversal* 2000: ''Boombule (Bambule Remixed)'' niversal* 2003: ''Blast Action Heroes'' niversal* 2016: ''Advanced Chemistry'' niversal ;Solo albums

Singles

;Song releases * 1997 – "Ich und Ich" feat. Station 17 ''(Me, myself & I)'' * 1998 – "Kein Thema" feat. Andi (Urban (Universal)) ''(No problem/No issue)'' * 1999 – "Styleliga No.2" (Eimsbush) ''(Styleleague No.2)'' * 2001 – "Single Sells" (Universal) * 2001 – "Was Nun" (Universal) ''(What now?)'' * 2001 – "Traumtrio" feat. Paolo 77 & Illo 77 ''(Dreamtrio)'' * 2005 – "The Denyos" (Universal) * 2005 – "The Denyos" ( Juice Exclusive – CD #55) * 200x – "Easy" feat. Nico Suave – released online * 2006 – "Hart aber izzo" feat. Torch ( Juice – CD #63) ''(Hard but izzo)''

References

External links

Denyo at laut.de
{{Authority control Living people 1977 births German rappers Hamburg hip hop Musicians from Hamburg