Overview
- The brief clip, shared Nov. 2 on X and Instagram, shows the Democratic mayoral candidate dancing to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” at a New York City club.
- The original source of the footage was not immediately identified in the reports.
- Recent polling cited in the coverage shows Mamdani leading ahead of the Nov. 4 election against Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.
- The track in the video is Kendrick’s 2024 Drake diss, a hit that won multiple Grammys including Song of the Year in February.
- Mamdani, 34, a New York State Assembly member since 2021, centers his campaign on affordability and youth appeal and had lauded Kendrick’s focus in a June Pitchfork interview.