Zohran Mamdani created history after New Yorkers elected him their first Muslim and South Asian-origin mayor. Digging into the mayor-elect’s past always throws up hidden gems. Get this: In his days as a Hip-Hop rapper, Young Cardamom, Mamdani once collaborated with Ali Sethi, the Pakistani-American singer of ‘Pasoori’ fame, to produce a song called ‘Chhoti Bahu’. Yes, the same name as a popular Indian soap opera at the time. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

Speaking to Okay Africa , Mamdani said the song explored the issue of “brown and black relations” and the class realities within Ugandan society.

Mamdani embraced his rapper past — though with much embarrassment — during his campaigning this year after a video of a 2019 rap, titled ‘Nani’, went viral.

Under the updated moniker of

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