Knossi is the nickname of German online poker player Jens Knossalla who was born
in the Malsch district of Baden-Württemberg in 1986. He rose to prominence in
2011 in a poker championship in Germany where he quickly built a large
following. He has since built a celebrity brand for himself presenting and
playing poker and slots on specialist TV channels. In 2020 he released a novelty
single titled 'Alge' which quickly garnered more than four million views on
YouTube within the first month of its release and eventually reached number 50
in the German charts.