{"id":2139036,"date":"2025-11-06T14:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2139036"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:09:05","slug":"zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-2017-soundcloud-music-resurfaced-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/zohran-mamdani-nyc-mayor-2017-soundcloud-music-resurfaced-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani, NYC Mayor, 2017 Soundcloud Music Resurfaced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>New York City\u2019s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is already at the center of a viral moment\u2014one rooted not in politics, but in his past as an aspiring rapper. <\/p>\n<p>On November 5, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.passionweiss.com\/\">Passion of the Weiss<\/a><\/em> founder <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Passionweiss\">Jeff Weiss<\/a> posted a screenshot of a March 27, 2017, email Mamdani once sent to the outlet, revealing the future mayor reached out seven years ago, hoping for coverage of his song \u201cSalaam.\u201d The email follows Mamdani, who made headlines in hip hop for walking out to Ja Rule\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hFH2dYwH3rI&amp;pp=ygUWem9ocmFuIG1hbWRhbmkgamEgcnVsZQ%3D%3D\">New York<\/a>\u201d song after winning the election. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group wp-block-mediaco-read-next is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The message, written long before Mamdani entered government, shows him introducing himself with the simplicity of an unsigned artist seeking a break. \u201cHi Passion of the Weiss, I\u2019m a rapper here in NYC and I\u2019ve just released a new song titled Salaam,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n<p>He then described the track as a meditation on \u201cwhat it means to be Muslim here in America today\u2014the fear, and the roots of that fear.\u201d Mamdani asked if the publication might consider writing about the record, adding, \u201cIt would be a dream if someone at Passion of the Weiss would write about this in any which way.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He ended the email with a SoundCloud link and the sign-off: \u201cMuch love and looking forward to hearing from you, Zohran.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group wp-block-mediaco-read-next is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mayor-zohran-mamdani-s-former-soundcloud-rap-career-exposed\">Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s Former Soundcloud Rap Career Exposed<\/h2>\n<p>Weiss posted the resurfaced email with the caption, \u201cJust digging through old emails on a regular Wednesday morning,\u201d setting off a wave of reactions. Fans and journalists quickly shared the screenshot, stunned that the new mayor of New York once cold-emailed an influential hip-hop and culture site trying to get his music heard.<\/p>\n<p>The song at the center of the moment, \u201cSalaam,\u201d arrived during a turbulent chapter for Muslim Americans marked by travel bans and rising hostility. In the email, Mamdani positioned the track not as a commercial push but as a personal reflection. The note revealed how deeply he engaged with identity, fear, and belonging long before stepping into public office.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group wp-block-mediaco-read-next is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>For <em>Passion of Weiss<\/em>, the resurfaced email highlighted the publication\u2019s long history of serving as a platform for emerging artists. For Weiss, it offered a rare full-circle moment: a blast from the past involving a figure now leading the country\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n<p>And for Mamdani, the message marks an early snapshot of the creativity and conviction that now shape his public image. Before he was mayor, he was an artist searching for coverage\u2014hoping someone would listen.<\/p>\n<p>Zohran Mamdani takes office on January 1, 2026. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hot97.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City\u2019s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is already at the center of a viral moment\u2014one rooted not in politics, but in his past as an aspiring rapper. On November 5, Passion of the Weiss founder Jeff Weiss posted a screenshot of a March 27, 2017, email Mamdani once sent to the outlet, revealing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2139037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[407939,407940,407941,407942,407943,391389,369632],"class_list":["post-2139036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-jeff-weiss","tag-nyc-mayor","tag-passion-of-the-weiss","tag-passion-of-weiss","tag-salaam","tag-soundcloud","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zohran-Mamdani-NYC-Mayor-2017-Soundcloud-Music-Resurfaced.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2139036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2139039,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139036\/revisions\/2139039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2139037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2139036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2139036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2139036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}