NYC Mayor's Hip-Hop Earnings: A Modest Side Gig

0:00On April 17th, New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani keeps cashing in from his old rap days. Tax filings reveal he earned $1,643 in music royalties last year. That's just a slight jump from, for $1,267 the year before. This 34-year-old Democrat shot up in politics fast, but his hip-hop earning stayed modest. He wrapped under names like young cardamom back in high school, spitting bars on social issues from flatbread to colonialism. Folks have buzzing about it, and Mamdani played a cool, urging New Yorkers to stream his tracks on Spotify to pat his wallet. He laughed that people claimed they're listening, but the numbers don't lie. Dig deeper and most of his 205 income came from his state assembly gig at $131,296. His wife added $10,010 from graphic design, hitting about 145,000 total, combined. Now as mayor, he set for $258,750 a year.

1:04Reminds us Bloomberg pulled similar residuals from TV spots years back. Politics and entertainment royalties go hand in hand.