XATAR’s status as a Deutschrap mogul affords his championing up-and-coming artists—none more than SSIO, who joined his AON Records label aged just 18 in 2007. In the years since, the two artists’ complementary styles—XATAR’s brooding intensity, SSIO’s brash swagger—have led to huge hook-ups like the triumphant AON anthem “Alles oder nix” and the evocative storytelling of “FLEBIX” and “Hash Hash”.