Overview
- Philipp Türmer told Focus that Chancellor Friedrich Merz should listen more to Haftbefehl to better understand life in Germany.
- He said the rapper’s lyrics could help pupils and politicians develop a deeper sense of the country’s social realities.
- The comment extends a debate reignited by Netflix’s documentary “Babo – Die Haftbefehl-Story.”
- Offenbach’s city student council had urged schools to address the rapper’s music and biography in lessons.
- Hesse’s education ministry rejected the classroom proposal as Türmer praised the lyrics as authentic and criticized CDU perspectives using a Bad Homburg versus Offenbach comparison.