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Bushido is annoyed.
Actually, it should be about how the rapper separated from his former business partner Arafat Abou-Chaker in front of the Berliner Landgereicht.
How he, a notorious clan boss, harassed him, blackmailed him - and ultimately even attacked him physically.
But this Monday is again mainly about other things.
About how Bushido's career developed after breaking away from Abou-Chaker.
Which other artists he signed on what conditions - and with whom he is musically at war.
Bushido has been on the witness stand since last August.
He testified about his career for hours.
Explained how his partnership with Abou-Chaker began in 2004, how he surrendered more and more to the clan and allegedly transferred more than nine million euros to the Abou-Chakers account.
The list of allegations against the dubious manager is long: serious predatory blackmail, deprivation of liberty, dangerous bodily harm, coercion, insult and infidelity.
Abou-Chaker has been silent about this so far.
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And Bushido sits in the crossfire week after week.
Whereby what the defense offers is at most a fire on some days.
Defender Lara Wolf wants to know what relationship Bushido has with rapper Kool Savas this Monday.
Kool Savas is considered a veteran of the Berlin hip-hop scene.
“None at all,” says Bushido.
Whether there is no "beef" between the two, a dispute between rappers, the defender asked.
After all, Savas recently said in an interview with “Die Zeit” that he doesn't even need to “diss” Bushido.
This is not on his level.
Bushido now looks irritated.
The background to the question seems puzzling to him.
Finally he replies: “I'm a rapper.
I know what beef is.
You may not know that. ”When Wolf also asks about the rapper Fler, a long-time archenemy of Bushido, he is finally served.
"What do you want to know now?" He blurts the lawyer.
Finally he confirms: “Yes, I have beef with Fler.” The presiding judge cannot help but comment.
After all, the relationship between Bushido and Fler has been widely spread in the media.
“Always actually,” he interjects.
Bushido replies with relief: “Thank you.” At least someone who understands him.
That's how it works.
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It's a bizarre back and forth that reveals a lot about how sluggish the much-noticed clan process is progressing.
The investigators hope that the process is only the prelude to much more severe blows against the clan milieu.
Every statement by Bushido that helps to shed light on the dark field of violence and money laundering has its value.
This is the only way to explain how extensively the rapper is supposed to talk about all the details of his career.
The defense, on the other hand, takes every opportunity to question the witness's credibility.
Tries to get behind the facade of the purified clean man.
Has Bushido its most successful days behind it?
Today two questions are in the foreground for you: Why did Bushido after his collaboration with Abou-Chaker seek the support of another clan member, the music manager Ashraf Remmo?
And what is it about his story that Abou-Chaker was completely incompetent as a manager, not much more than a "babysitter" for the rappers on his label?
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Ashraf Remmo is good friends with "almost every artist in Germany", explains Bushido.
He used this network.
Bushido got along with the rappers Farid Bang and Kollegah through Remmos, with whom he was previously involved in a feud.
“There were meetings.
There was a debate, ”confirms Bushido.
In addition, Remmo is known in the scene as a successful manager.
He helped the rapper Massiv to get a six-figure advance from the record company Sony Music.
“Working with Ashraf was my best decision besides parting with Arafat,” says the rapper.
The defense asks: Also on business?
Bushido replies: "Yes, safe."
Scene connoisseurs attest Bushido an increasing insignificance for years.
The defense also seems keen to prove that his career went downhill after breaking up with Abou-Chaker.
Bushido vehemently denies this.
His sales and pre-order numbers are "higher than ever," explains the rapper.
A daring statement.
His first album without Abou-Chaker "Mythos" sold as well as the last one on the side of his ex-partner.
He also earns 20 percent of the other artists he manages.
The judge wants to know whether he is not even underpaid.
"That's just so much money that I definitely don't have the feeling that I'm underpaid," replies Bushido.
What all of this really matters is sometimes unclear.
The erratic palpation of the lawyers in a question and answer session on the rapper's Instagram account culminates.
"Do you know how many followers you have on Instagram?"
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Bushido: "1.6 million."
"Are you interested?"
Bushido: "No."
"But you still know."
Bushido: “I can also remember every Helene Fischer text.
I still don't care. "
Just one more time, the negotiation is almost over, the emotions boil.
When asked about the end of the collaboration with artist Samra, Bushido approaches defender Wolf: “You have to listen to me.
You can't think of anything here. "
"It's good here now," rumbles a defender.
Reason for the judge to end the event for the day.
He continues to show understanding: "It is the sixth hour for all of us."
The Berlin district court has just terminated the process until the end of September.
Then the court will have dealt with the rapper farce for more than a year.