50 Cent blasted Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral platform as harmful and mocked his insurance policies with apocalyptic warnings about New York’s future.

50 Cent slammed New York Metropolis mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Instagram over his proposal to defund the police and lift taxes on the rich, claiming the Democratic socialist’s agenda would plunge town into chaos.

“New York turns into Gotham metropolis, in the event you defund the police. Belief me on this one, that’s not a good suggestion buddy,” the rapper wrote, alongside AI-generated photos of a crumbling, dystopian Manhattan.

50 Cent additionally referenced the 1981 cult movie Escape from New York, wherein Manhattan is become a maximum-security jail following a nationwide collapse.

The film, directed by John Carpenter, depicts a lawless island overrun by criminals after the federal government abandons it, a state of affairs Fif appears to imagine isn’t far off underneath Mamdani’s management.

“Escape from New York coming In case you’re not cautious,” 50 Cent warned.

In an earlier publish, he mocked Mamdani’s financial platform and threatened to alert Donald Trump.

“The place did he come from whose good friend is that this? I’m not feeling this plan no. I’ll give him $258,750 and a first-class a method ticket away from NY. I’m telling Trump what he mentioned too!”

Mamdani, 33, at the moment represents Queens’ thirty sixth District within the New York State Meeting and is the Democratic nominee for the 2025 mayoral race.

Born in Uganda to Indian dad and mom, he moved to New York at age 7 and is the son of educational Mahmood Mamdani and filmmaker Mira Nair.

His platform consists of free public buses, lease freezes, common childcare and city-owned grocery shops.

“What I’ve proposed is we increase $10 billion to pay for our complete financial agenda and begin to Trump proof our metropolis,” Mamdani mentioned throughout an interview on The Breakfast Membership.

The progressive candidate, backed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, defeated Andrew Cuomo within the Democratic major.

If elected, he could be town’s first Muslim, first Indian American and first millennial mayor.

The 2025 mayoral election is scheduled for November.

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