Nina Tenge
{{notability|1=Biographies|date=September 2022}}
{{Short description|German rapper}}
Nina Tenge (born 6 April 1974 in Hamburg), also known under her stage names Nina and Nina MC, is a German former rapper and artist.
Life and work
Tenge was born to father Rahman Nadjafi, an Afghan teacher and activist, and mother Verena Tenge, a eurythmist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kufaev.de/node/139|title=Rosen der Finsternis | KUFA e.V.|website=www.kufaev.de}}
Nina Tenge gained stage experience in hip-hop clubs in Hamburg.{{Cite web|url=https://www.365femalemcs.com/portraits/nina-mc/|title=Nina MC|first=Lina|last=Burghausen|date=July 4, 2021}} In 2000 she became increasingly known by collaborating with Deichkind's hit single Bon Voyage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/deichkind-in-muenchen-das-chaos-hat-einen-namen-1.377116|title=Das Chaos hat einen Namen|first=Beate|last=Wild|website=Süddeutsche.de}}{{Cite web|url=https://diffusmag.de/p/deichkind-und-nina-mc-reagieren-auf-das-bon-voyage-musikvideo/|title=Deichkind & Nina MC reagieren auf das "Bon Voyage" Musikvideo|date=October 7, 2020}} In 2001 her solo single Doppel X Chromosome gained widespread media attention.{{Cite web|url=https://rap.de/meinung/171486-frauen-im-deutschrap-die-wegbereiterinnen-teil-1/|title=Frauen im Deutschrap: Die Wegbereiterinnen (Teil 1)|first=Anna|last=Gaul|date=August 14, 2019}} The Süddeutsche Zeitung named her "Germany's best rapper". The Goethe-Institut repeated this judgment on its website in 2005.{{Cite web|url=https://popkultur.de/die-besten-deutschen-rapperinnen-aller-zeiten/|title=Die besten deutschen Rapperinnen aller Zeiten | Popkultur.de|date=February 22, 2019|website=popkultur.de}}
She entered the acting industry in 2003, playing guest roles in series and featured roles in films.
Outside of music and acting, she has been involved with her father in an association for reconstruction programmes in Afghanistan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yogaeasy.de/artikel/10-fragen-an-nina-heitmann|title=YogaEasy: Yoga üben mit deinem Online-Yogastudio|website=www.yogaeasy.de}} She also trained in yoga and now works as a yoga teacher in Berlin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yogateamberlin.de/team/yoga-team-berlin-gastlehrer/nina-heitmann/|title=Nina Heitmann YogaTeamBerlin Lehrerin|website=www.yogateamberlin.de}}
Discography
= Albums =
- Nikita, 2001
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ ! scope="col" style="width:19em;" |Title ! scope="col" style="width:1em;" |Year ! scope="col" |Album |
| scope="row" |"Bon Voyage" {{small|(with Deichkind)}} |2000 | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| "Doppel X Chromosom"
| rowspan="3" |2001 | rowspan="3" |Nikita |
| "Scheiss drauf" |
| "Quelle" |
| "Arschzeit Baby"
{{small|(with MC Ronin)}} | rowspan="2" |2004 | rowspan="3" |Non-album single |
| "Wet & Dirty"
{{small|(with Bushido)}} |
| "Fuck You"
|2006 |
Filmography
- Adam & Eve (2003)
- {{Ill|Abgefahren|de|Abgefahren – Mit Vollgas in die Liebe}} (2004)
- Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (episode Das Versprechen)
- Die Weisheit der Wolken (2008)
References
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