"Haftbefehl" translates to "arrest warrant" in English.

Baba Haft is back – and in 2026 he will write the next chapter of his own legend. After the Yin-and-Yang double "The White Album" (2020) and "The Black Album" (2021), with which he once again turned the sound of German rap inside out, a period full of crashes, retreats, and comeback announcements followed. But the Babo rapped his way back: With new singles like "Syndrome Stockholm," "Fat Steak," or "MOTHER," the Offenbach native emerged from the darkness in 2024/2025, announced a whole package of new releases for 2025, and made it clear in the fall of 2025 with a Netflix documentary titled "Babo – The Haftbefehl Story" how deep the fall was and how loud the impact really was, reaching number 1 in four countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. In 2026, Haftbefehl is back where he belongs: on the big stages, with arena shows in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, and Berlin, as a headliner at the World Club Dome in his 069 hometown, and a comeback that sounds more like the final chapter of a trilogy than just a return. And of course, a performance in Vienna is a must: live on August 1, 2026, at METAStadt. In a scene that he once defined with "Russian Roulette," Haftbefehl in 2026 feels less like the best and more than ever like the only rapper in Germany who can tell it all like this.