2mo ago

Zohran Mamdani Links Up With Wu-Tang Clan in Viral Social Media Video

www.hollywoodreporter.com

The video: https://youtu.be/yPbtARzHHHw

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2mo ago

Zohran Mamdani Links Up With Wu-Tang Clan in Viral Social Media Video

www.hollywoodreporter.com /news/music-news/zohran-mamdani-wu-tang-clan-video-1236328949/

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2mo ago

Zohran Mamdani Links Up With Wu-Tang Clan in Viral Social Media Video

www.hollywoodreporter.com /news/music-news/zohran-mamdani-wu-tang-clan-video-1236328949/

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CREAM as the background music is just perfect
Alright, rubbing shoulders with wutang is cool and all, but slipping away to plot with killer mike is what got me pumped. Anyone else remember how much work he put in promoting Bernie? Killer Mike puts in actual work at the political level way more than most rappers. I hope we get to see some of that again here!
- Killer Mike uses music, influence and money to further his cause.
  For the uninitiated, here's an entire music video about prejudice, also hinting at the growth of the prison industry
  He also started a bank with the goal of lending money to minority-owned businesses and minorities in general
  This song uses 'blame your crew quicker than Trump fucks his youngest' as an insult. Music video itself somewhat symbolizes the 2016 election year, which is even mentioned by Killer Mike (who of course thought Clinton would win regardless of whether it's an election or fist fight)
  But of course one would also expect Wu-Tang Clan to be important in a mayoral race in NYC in particular.
- Killer Mike is a pretty hardcore capitalist though. Not sure how he's going to vibe with a socialist.
If more celebs would do this they could wage a good cultural campaign against the Trump administration. A lot of celebs came from working class and/or are closer to working class than Trump is, especially now that he is grifting and looting using the power of the federal government.
- It's unfortunate but working class icons are often very susceptible to money and less educated opinions.
  
  I hate this comment. Rich people are all incentivised to maintain their wealth. Someone being working class doesn't make them dumber or more susceptible to money.
mamdani is for the children
- And diversified stock portfolios apparently. Timeless advice from GZA we should all take to heart in these troubled times
Put your faith in the Wu-Tang.
- Wu-Tang for president!
  
  Honestly, our timeline is clown-town enough at this point that this would 100% be a marked improvement and possibly plausible. Like yeah they'd make mistakes but I bet they'd be actually trying, if suddenly thrust into leadership of a once-powerful nation lol.
the worst thing about zohran is we cant clone him 49 times
Wait, isn't Wu-Tang the group that made an entire album and chose to sell it to one single rich asshole, so no one else could enjoy it? Doesn't sound like any friend of the working class to me.
- Cry harder
  
  Fuck off narc
pardon me, but why is this a uplifting news? i vaguely know about zohran, so i guess part of reason is that you are hopeful in him, but this is not really a news, or particularly uplifting (i am guessing the person is happier making stuff), but that is in a media kind of sense. I am not deleting this post, maybe there is stuff i do not know, but prima facie, this is not.
- Speaking as someone who lives in the US but is currently terrified of what's happening:
  This gives a lot of people hope to see collaboration between a very public, very vocal progressive candidate; and a band with as much recognition and the kind of fanbase that Wu Tang has.
  It means this is potentially lightning in a bottle. Given what's happening in the US right now, I think a lot of people might consider this uplifting, even though I agree it's a bit of a square peg round hole moment for this community at the moment.
  It does promise something greater than the article lets on though.
  
  You could post a simple picture of Mamdani and I'd consider it uplifting. He's not only inspiring in speech, he's inspiring in listening.
- Wu-Tang is always uplifting.
  
  I do not know who they are either.
Is Zohran back in NYC or is this recorded before he left for Uganda?

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