Giwar Hajabi (, ; 24 December 1981 – 7 May 2025), better known by his stage name Xatar, was an Iranian Kurdish-German rapper and businessman. He was the founder and owner of the labels Alles oder Nix Records, Kopfticker Records, Groove Attack TraX and Goldmann Entertainment. He studied Music Business at the London Metropolitan University.
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Xatar [ˈχatar] (* 24. Dezember 1981 in Kūh-e Qalā‘, Iran als Giwar Hajabi, † 07.05.2025) war ein deutscher Rapper und Produzent kurdischer Abstammung. Sein Künstlername „Xatar“ (Aussprache: Chatar) leitet sich vom kurdischen Wort "Xatar" ab, das Gefahr bedeutet. Seine Musik ist dem Gangsta-Rap zuzuordnen, der nach der Bundesprüfstelle den „Randbereich einer Subkultur“, basierend auf gewalthaltigem und frauenfeindlichem Hip-Hop darstellt. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Xatar">Read more on Las
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Giwar Hajabi (, ; 24 December 1981 – 7 May 2025), better known by his stage name Xatar, was an Iranian Kurdish-German rapper and businessman. He was the founder and owner of the labels Alles oder Nix Records, Kopfticker Records, Groove Attack TraX and Goldmann Entertainment. He studied Music Business at the London Metropolitan University.
== Career == === Youth === Xatar was born Giwar Hajabi to Kurdish parents in 1981 in Sanandaj, Iran. His father is the music professor Eghbal Hajabi. In the early 1980s, his parents fled with him to nearby Iraq. At this time, the first Gulf War broke out between the two Middle Eastern states. After Saddam Hussein's regime attacked the Kurdish minority in Iraq, his parents were also tortured and imprisoned. He himself was held prisoner for three months near Baghdad.
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