Whelp, 50 Cent is not here for Zohran Mamdani’s vision for New York City. The Queens-born rapper and mogul had a fiery response after the 33-year-old state representative topped former governor Andrew Cuomo in the city’s Democratic primary for mayor earlier this week.
In case you missed it, Mamdani’s win shocked the political sphere, not just in NYC but nationally. Maybe globally. He’s a stone cold socialist, self proclaimed with grand visions for making New York City more affordable and evening the playing the field with the wealth gap in New York, which is one of widest in America.
Let’s be clear. Curtis Jackson is an unapologetic Trump supporter and has chosen his side when it comes to politics. But his support is usually economy’s related. Take that for what it’s worth.
In a since-deleted post, 50 Cent offered Mamdani a hefty payout and a luxury flight out of town, all in response to the politician’s tax plan. “Where did he come from?” 50 asked his followers. “Whose friend is this?” He posted a clip of Mamdani speaking on The Breakfast Club, where the politician laid out his controversial proposal. “I’m not feeling this plan no. I will give him $258,750 and a first class one way ticket away from NY. I’m telling Trump what he said too!”
According to CBS News, although Mamdani celebrated what appeared to be a strong showing at the polls, the race has yet to be officially decided. Ranked choice voting will determine the winner after no candidate crossed the 50 percent threshold in the first round. Mamdani earned 43.5 percent of the vote, or 432,305 ballots, while Cuomo pulled in 36.5 percent with 361,840 votes.
Mamdani did not shy away from invoking the rapper by name during his appearance on The Breakfast Club. Explaining how he plans to generate $10 billion in revenue, Mamdani said, “What I’ve proposed is we raise $10 billion to pay for our entire economic agenda and start to Trump proof our city because we know he’ll use federal funding as leverage over this city. And we will do so in two key ways. The first is to match the state’s top corporate tax rate to that of New Jersey. The second is taxing the top 1 percent of New Yorkers. We’re talking about people who make $1 million a year or more, taxing them by a flat 2 percent tax rate increase. I know 50 Cent is listening, he’s not going to be very happy about this, he tends to not like this tax policy, but I want to be very clear, this is about $20,000 a year.”
It’s safe to say that 50 heard him loud and clear and is not thrilled. Whether Mamdani will respond to 50’s sharp exit package remains to be seen, but this clash between politics and hip hop is far from quiet.