{"id":516638,"date":"2026-11-03T02:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T02:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/516638\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T02:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T02:20:09","slug":"nithya-raman-targets-karen-bass-with-election-diss-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/516638\/","title":{"rendered":"Nithya Raman Targets Karen Bass With Election Diss Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The commissioned song from L.A. rapper My Favorite Color criticizes Bass over her response to the city\u2019s homelessness crisis, missed LAHSA meetings and a failed pothole photo-op <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Election Day and L.A.\u2019s mayoral race nearing its end, candidate Nithya Raman, members of the Democratic Party and Democratic Socialists of America decided that now is the best time to drop a diss track.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the councilwoman is not a rapper herself, Raman has recruited L.A. native My Favorite Color, real name Anthony Willis, to write and produce a diss track for none other than her opponent, incumbent Karen Bass.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Willis posted the song to social media on Oct. 30 with the caption, \u201cDemocracy Won\u2019t Ruin Itself! \ud83d\ude09 Don\u2019t forget to vote y\u2019all,\u201d along with a disclaimer stating the diss track was commissioned for the 2026 mayoral election through the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC). In just a couple of days, the diss track post has accumulated over 18,000 likes and 233,000 views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the song\u2019s less than two-minute duration, My Favorite Color condemns Mayor Bass for her response to the January 2025 wildfires and the city\u2019s homelessness crisis, with lyrics referencing <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mayor.lacity.gov\/news\/mayor-bass-inside-safe-leads-140th-operation-housing-nearly-20-people-westside\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mayor.lacity.gov\/news\/mayor-bass-inside-safe-leads-140th-operation-housing-nearly-20-people-westside\">Bass\u2019s Inside Safe housing program<\/a> and the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-07-23\/homelessness-is-up-in-los-angeles-in-a-setback-to-mayor-karen-bass\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-07-23\/homelessness-is-up-in-los-angeles-in-a-setback-to-mayor-karen-bass\">rise in homelessness under Bass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInside safe, outside dangerous. Homeless rates went up eightish,\u201d the song says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The track also calls Bass a \u201ccoward\u201d for her alleged deficiencies in attendance at meetings, rapping that she \u201cskipped half of her oversight meetings,\u201d before going on to label her supporters as \u201cweirdos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nithya-raman_karen-bass_getty.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-lg-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">Have Questions? Get Answers!<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-altfont has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xs-font-size wp-elements-4 has-lg-margin-top wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase\">Scroll to continue reading<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bass\u2019s absence from Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) commission meetings has been a major criticism in the mayoral race. <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/story\/la-mayor-karen-bass-stepping-down-homeless-service-authority-commission\/19811154\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/story\/la-mayor-karen-bass-stepping-down-homeless-service-authority-commission\/19811154\/\">Bass appointed herself head of the commission in 2023<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/housing-homelessness\/bass-lahsa-commission-meetings-attendance-mayor\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/housing-homelessness\/bass-lahsa-commission-meetings-attendance-mayor\">According to an LAist review<\/a> of public records from August, Bass missed 13 out of the 21 LAHSA commission meetings held between mid-August 2025 and August 2026. Under the agency\u2019s bylaws, her attendance record could have had her removed from the commission. While her three-year term technically expired on June 30, she officially stepped down from the LAHSA commission in September due to scheduling conflicts and the shift towards a city-led homelessness response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My Favorite Color makes what is most likely a reference to Kendrick Lamar\u2019s song \u201cSavior\u201d when he raps, \u201cBro, I pinky promise Karen Bass ain\u2019t your savior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The song also accuses Bass of imitating New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani by filling in a viral pothole on Melrose Avenue and Gardner Street after journalist Simone Boyce tagged Bass in a social media post. The song labels the moment a failed photo-op attempt, with lyrics saying, \u201cTried to fill a pothole, but a car stopped her. Bro, you ain\u2019t Zohran you need to stop right here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside of this diss track, media outlets like the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/27\/us\/politics\/los-angeles-mayor-nithya-raman-democratic-socialist.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/27\/us\/politics\/los-angeles-mayor-nithya-raman-democratic-socialist.html\">New York Times<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/09\/new-mayoral-challenger-in-los-angeles-draws-mamdani-comparisons-00771033\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/09\/new-mayoral-challenger-in-los-angeles-draws-mamdani-comparisons-00771033\">Politico<\/a> and the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/19\/us-news\/democratic-socialists-of-america-mulls-dumping-nithya-raman\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/19\/us-news\/democratic-socialists-of-america-mulls-dumping-nithya-raman\/\">New York Post<\/a> have frequently compared Raman mayoral campaign to Mamdani due to them both being fellow Democratic Socialists of America.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the diss track concludes, one of the final lines brings up a recent lawsuit between California rapper Ovrkast and legendary rap duo OutKast. Willis said, \u201cThey\u2019re mixing up Ovrkast and OutKast, but they never mixed up a good mayor with Karen Bass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video ends with a disclaimer from My Favorite Color. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGo vote bro,\u201d the artist said. \u201cThis isn\u2019t about me, nor is it about them. It\u2019s about us, and it\u2019s time for us to make a change. Karen [Bass] has proven time and time again that she\u2019ll make promises just to break them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of now, Bass has not commented or dropped a diss track in reprisal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-10-28\/bass-comes-from-behind-now-in-dead-heat-with-raman-in-mayors-race-new-poll-shows\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-10-28\/bass-comes-from-behind-now-in-dead-heat-with-raman-in-mayors-race-new-poll-shows\">According to recent UC Berkeley IGS \/ Los Angeles Times polls,<\/a> the mayoral race appears to be in an overall deadlock between the two candidates, with Bass closing the gap on Raman. Final campaign efforts are set to continue into Tuesday\u2019s Election Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Sunday, both of the mayoral candidates made public appearances, with Raman rallying campaign volunteers in the San Fernando Valley and Bass casting her ballot in Koreatown with her family.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The commissioned song from L.A. rapper My Favorite Color criticizes Bass over her response to the city\u2019s homelessness&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[34964,198294,204,48,52,51,6390,47,50,49,13825,79871,198295,80054,535,14039],"class_list":["post-516638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-democratic-socialists-of-america","tag-diss-track","tag-election","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lahsa","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-mayor-karen-bass","tag-mayoral-race","tag-my-favorite-color","tag-nithya-raman","tag-wildfires","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}