Beginner (formerly "Absolute Beginner"; in German "Beginner" is singular and plural as well) is the name of a German rap group from Hamburg, consisting of Jan Eißfeldt (Jan Delay), Denyo and DJ Mad. The group was founded as "Absolute Beginner" in 1991, initially with six members: Jan, Denyo, Mardin, DJ Burn, Nabil, Mirko, but the latter three dropped out after a few months. They started rapping in English and German with homemade beats, but later went over to rapping solely in German.