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Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “'Banger leben kürzer' album restricted for violent, immoral and discriminatory content” and “Successive restrictions on 'Jung, brutal, gutaussehend' series with Kollegah”.
Profile No. 0897 · Updated on 12 October 2026
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2025
Farid Bang posted a joke playing on 'Rap ist / rapist' in reference to Till Lindemann, drawing criticism for making light of sexual violence allegations after the criminal proceedings against Lindemann had been closed.
2020
The city of Düsseldorf enlisted Farid Bang for a video about COVID rules. The choice was criticised, notably by the regional commissioner for antisemitism, and the city eventually withdrew the video.
2012-2018
The joint JBG albums with Kollegah were subject to several restriction decisions because of their violent, misogynistic or discriminatory content.
2018
Farid Bang wrote the line in JBG3 comparing his body to those of Auschwitz prisoners. The Echo award given to the album with Kollegah triggered a national crisis and the abolition of the Echo. Düsseldorf prosecutors closed the investigation on artistic freedom grounds.
2018
Following the Echo ceremony, Farid Bang was involved in an altercation at the aftershow. Reports showed him participating in pushing and shoving before security intervened.
2018
Farid Bang posted an extract insulting Alice Weidel and referring to breaking her nose. He subsequently signed an Unterlassungserklärung; Weidel had also filed a criminal complaint.
2017
Farid Bang mocked an Instagram photograph of Elena Carrière wearing make-up to depict domestic violence, triggering controversy over trivialising violence against women.
2014-2015
Following an altercation in a shisha bar, Farid Bang received a Strafbefehl which he contested. The proceedings ended through discontinuation subject to payment, without a judgment of guilt following trial.
2014
Farid Bang publicly supported Ansaar International. The association was described as connected to the Salafist milieu and was banned years later, fuelling controversy over that support.
2012
The Bundesprüfstelle placed 'Banger leben kürzer' on a restricted list, considering several tracks likely to cause socio-ethical disorientation among young people, notably because of content described as immoral, brutalising or discriminatory.
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