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On Friday, May 9th, the news was circulating: Xatar died at the age of 43 on the evening of May 8 in his apartment in Cologne. Since then, the question of the cause of death has arisen. This has not yet been clarified, but the fans have been worried about his health. In addition, many noticed that the Xatar in recent years no longer looked like at the beginning of its rap career.
After a life -threatening state of health, a complete “reset” followed
As early as October 2021, Xatar reported health problems. The suspicion of gum inflammation probably led to a serious threat to his health, so that he had to do a complete “reset” for his body. The rapper himself explained that the doctors had saved his life. As a trigger, he probably saw stress and then announced via Instagram to want to take a day off a week.
He also confirmed what had previously noticed many fans: “I have increased a lot in recent years, and that went so far that I was not so good. I was at 150 kilos and I have a doctor who is also a good friend of mine, and he said: ‘At work, with the traffic you have, it definitely leads to heart attack.’ And that was a bit of a sign for me, it clicked in the brain, ”he said in 2021 in an interview with“ You.fm ”. After the warning from his doctor, he probably lost 50 kilograms.
After the report from Xatar’s death, a friend of the rapper also posted his condolences on Instagram and wrote: “In 2021 I was allowed to save your life – today you started the last trip that is imminent to all of us.”
The cause of death is still unknown
In a episode published in April by Kurt Krömers Podcast “Feelings”, the Bonn was a guest and expressed the retrospective statement “to die now, would be shit”.
It is unknown whether the “Baba of all Babas” interpret had recently struggled with health problems. The Cologne public prosecutor’s office is currently still investigating the cause of death. Whether more precise information will be made public in this regard also depends on the decision of his family. However, an autopsy did not give any signs of external violence.
Xatar was one of the most important makers in the Deutschrap
The musician’s turbulent and eventful life was filmed in 2022. “Rheingold” tells of the ups and downs in his vita.
Xatar was born on December 24, 1981 in Sanandadsch, Iran. In the early 1980s, his parents, who were active in the Kurdish democracy movement, fled to Iraq with him. During the first Gulf War, his parents were imprisoned by the Saddam Husseins regime due to their Kurdish origin. As a toddler, Xatar spent several months with his parents in prison in Samawa. In 1985 the family came to Bonn with the help of the German Red Cross via Paris.
In 2007 the rapper founded his own label “Alles or Nix Records”, his debut album of the same name appeared a year later. In 2009 he was imprisoned for a gold transporter attack, but this did not prevent him from making music. In 2012, the record NR 415 appeared-recorded from prison and named after its cell number. In the end, he was not only active as a rapper, but also as a label boss and entrepreneur.
Xatar leaves his wife Farvah and five children together. On May 11th, his family spoke up via the rapper’s Instagram account and wrote, among other things: “Your big heart and musical heritage remain unforgettable and will accompany us forever. You will be with us forever. As a father, as a husband, as a brother, as an uncle, as a cousin, as a brother-in-law, as a friend and artist.”
According to the “picture”, Xatar actually wanted to “fight back”, is also said to have filed his comeback and produced new songs.