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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton <\/a><\/p>\n January 2, 2026<\/p>\n ‘In the words of Jason Terrance Phillips, better known as Jadakiss or J to the Muah, be outside’<\/p>\n A new era has emerged in New York City with the\u00a0swearing in<\/a>\u00a0of its new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, who may be the first New York City mayor in recent history\u00a0to reference<\/a>\u00a0a popular New York hip-hop artist, Jadakiss of the trio The Lox, in his inauguration speech.<\/p>\n During the Jan. 1 speech at the new mayor\u2019s inauguration, Mamdami, who labels himself a \u201cDemocratic Socialist,\u201d has revitalized city dwellers\u2019 hopes with his plans for the city. The surprise candidate, who took the city by storm and sparked interest among New Yorkers and people around the country who are accustomed to the tired rhetoric of politicians on both sides of the aisle, is already making strides as the city\u2019s first Muslim mayor. \u00a0<\/p>\n His reference to a rapper known for his lyrical abilities, who spits lyrics that capture the essence of a gritty New York, has brought even more attention to the 112th mayor of the \u201cBig Apple.\u201d<\/p>\n In his speech, much to the surprise of those listening, the mention of one of hip-hop\u2019s \u201cTop 5, dead or alive\u201d brought cheers from the crowd. Out of everything the mayor had mentioned in his speech, this was, by far, the one that stood out the most, especially among hip-hop fans and native New Yorkers. The man even called Jadakiss by his given name.<\/p>\n As his speech was winding down, Mamdani said:<\/p>\n \u201cWe will strive each day to ensure that no New Yorker is priced out of any one of those basic necessities. And throughout it all, we will, in the words of Jason Terrance Phillips, better known as Jadakiss or J to the Muah, \u201cbe outside\u201d \u2014 because this is a government of New York, by New York, and for New York.<\/p>\n \u201cBefore I end, I want to ask all of you, if you are able, whether you are here today or anywhere watching, to stand with me.\u201d<\/p>\n RELATED CONTENT: Arise, Sir Idris: King Charles III Awards Knighthood To Idris Elba In New Year Ho<\/a>nors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton January 2, 2026 ‘In the words of Jason Terrance Phillips, better known as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[38918,42132,9,24,11,10,49,51,50,42131,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-87435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-inauguration-day","9":"tag-jadakiss","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-new-york-state","15":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","16":"tag-new-york-state-news","17":"tag-the-lox","18":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}