Zohran Mamdani’s win wasn’t a fluke, a trend, or a Twitter moment. It was the first time in history that New York chose a leader born in Uganda, raised in Queens, and backed not by billionaires or lobbyists, but by tenants, cab drivers, organizers, and people fighting to stay housed in the city they built.
He’s not a “symbol.”
He’s a shift in power.
A kid raised at the intersection of African liberation politics, Indian filmmaking, and working-class Queens just took the biggest municipal office in America — and the establishment is still processing what that means.
And to understand how we got here, you have to go back to the beginning.
🎥 I Broke It All Down in a Full Video
I dug into his origin story — from Kampala to South Africa to Queens — and how his campaign turned into a movement that beat a political dynasty.
Watch the full episode here:
👉Mamdani’s Insane Plans to Reshape New York Politics
