Testo (rapper)

Testo
Testo at Ackerfestival 2014
Testo at Ackerfestival 2014
Background information
Born
Hendrik Bolz

1988 (age 37–38)
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
GenresGerman hip hop, Rap
OccupationRapper
Years active2010–present
LabelBuback

Hendrik Bolz (born 1988 in Leipzig, Saxony), better known by his stage name Testo, is a German rapper and writer who is signed to the Hamburg label Buback. Together with the rapper grim104 he forms the hip-hop duo Zugezogen Maskulin.Testo announced his retirement in 2024. He wrote music for the play Krieg and Frieden for the Theater Magdeburg in 2025.

Biography

Testo was born in Leipzig in 1988 and spent his youth mostly in Stralsund (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). After graduation, he moved to Berlin, where he did an internship in the editorial office of the website rap.de, under the journalist Marcus Staiger. It was here that he met grim104, with whom he formed the hip-hop duo Zugezogen Maskulin. The first album was released in 2011, and the second in 2015. Besides his work with Zugezogen Maskulin, Testo has also made his own solo EP in 2013, entitled Töte deine Helden (Kill Your Heroes). He published an autobiographical novel in 2022.

Discography

Albums
EPs
Singles


Videos

Publications

Books

References

  1. 1 2 3 Splash! Mag. ""Zugezogen Maskulin über "Alles Brennt", politischen Rap & die Tour mit Kraftklub (splash! Mag TV)"". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
  2. ↑ Meinrap.de. "Mein Rap #67: Testo (Zugezogen Maskulin)". Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  3. ↑ Volkmann, Linus (2022-02-24). "[...] So bedrückend gut ist „Nullerjahre" von Hendrik „Testo" Bolz". musikexpress (in German). Retrieved 2026-09-03.
  4. ↑ Musikmarkt.de. "Buback nimmt Zugezogen Maskulin unter Vertrag". Retrieved 2014-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ Hesterbrink, Till (2024-07-08). "Zugezogen Maskulin: Testo verkündet Karriereende". HIPHOP.de. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  6. ↑ Tolstoi, Lew Nikolajewitsch (2025-05-30). Schimmelpfennig, Roland (ed.). "Krieg und Frieden". Theater Magdeburg (in German). Retrieved 2026-09-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  7. ↑ Bolz, Hendrik (2025). "Hendrik Bolz". Spotify. Retrieved 2026-09-03.
  8. ↑ Bolz, Hendrik (2022). Nullerjahre : Jugend in blühenden Landschaften (in German) (1st ed.). Köln: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch. ISBN 978-3-462-00094-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)