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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still making money from his short-lived career<\/a> as a multilingual rapper, tax filings show.<\/p>\n

But the 34-year-old Democrat\u2019s meteoric rise as a celebrity politician<\/a> has brought only a modest increase in hip-hop profits: he took home $1,643 in music royalties last year, up only slightly from $1,267 in 2024, according to the filings.<\/p>\n

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