New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani continues to earn small amounts from his former career as a multilingual rapper, according to recent tax filings.<\/p>\n
The 34-year-old Democrat, who previously performed under the names Young Cardamom and Mr Cardamom, earned $1,643 in music royalties last year, slightly higher than $1,267 in 2024, the filings show.<\/p>\n
Mamdani joked on Thursday that New Yorkers should \u201cgo to Spotify\u201d if they want to support his music, adding, \u201cA lot of people say they\u2019re listening. They\u2019re not listening.\u201d<\/p>\n
He began rapping while still in high school and released socially conscious tracks in his 20s on topics including colonialism and Indian flatbread.<\/p>\n
He has described himself as a \u201cC-list rapper\u201d inspired by indie hip-hop group Das Racist.<\/p>\n
According to the filings shared with reporters, Mamdani\u2019s main income in 2025 came from his $131,296 salary as a state Assembly member.<\/p>\n
His wife earned $10,010 from graphic design work, bringing their total joint income to about $145,000.<\/p>\n
As mayor, Mamdani is expected to receive a salary of $258,750 this year.<\/p>\n
The filings also note that he is not the first New York mayor to receive entertainment-related royalties.<\/p>\n
Former mayor Michael Bloomberg reported earning between $2,000 and $10,000 in residuals from television and film appearances, including Law & Order, A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, and The Adjustment Bureau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani continues to earn small amounts from his former career as a multilingual rapper,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[20291,20292,17782,7783,985,553],"class_list":{"0":"post-29476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zohran-mamdani","8":"tag-celebrity-politician","9":"tag-hip-hop-news","10":"tag-new-york-mayor","11":"tag-tax-filing","12":"tag-us-politics","13":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116418993491565622","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}