{"id":2523521,"date":"2025-12-20T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-convict-rapper-who-zohran-mamdani-tapped-cant-seem-to-pronounce-mayor-elects-last-name\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T09:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:07:15","slug":"ex-convict-rapper-who-zohran-mamdani-tapped-cant-seem-to-pronounce-mayor-elects-last-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-convict-rapper-who-zohran-mamdani-tapped-cant-seem-to-pronounce-mayor-elects-last-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Convict Rapper Who Zohran Mamdani Tapped Can&#8217;t Seem To Pronounce Mayor-Elect&#8217;s Last Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-convict-rapper-who-zohran-mamdani-tapped-cant-seem-to-pronounce-mayor-elects-last-name%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2523521&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rapper and activist Mysonne Linen, who spent seven years in prison for armed robbery, participated in an interview on &#8220;The Breakfast club&#8221; where he repeatedly mispronounced new York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s last name. Linen is a member of Mamdani&#8217;s transition team on the criminal legal system committee, though his name was misspelled in the official roster. During the interview, Linen emphasized his volunteer role advocating for formerly incarcerated individuals, focusing on civic engagement, employment challenges, and the systemic impacts of incarceration.He highlighted the political power of formerly incarcerated people as a large, often overlooked voting bloc. Linen also stated he would hold the new mayor accountable and protest if necessary. Mamdani&#8217;s criminal justice plan involves creating a $1.1 billion Department of Community Safety to divert non-violent and mental health calls away from police, while maintaining the NYPD&#8217;s current size. Mamdani had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-democrat-mayor-london-breed-after-backing-defunding-police-reverses-need-aggressive-policing\/\" title=\"SF Democrat Mayor London Breed, After Backing Defunding ..., Reverses: Need \u2018Aggressive\u2019 Policing\">previously supported defunding<\/a> the NYPD but moderated his stance during his campaign.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rapper Mysonne Linen, who served seven years in state prison for armed robbery, repeatedly mispronounced New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani&rsquo;s last name during a Friday interview on &ldquo;The Breakfast Club.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani tapped Linen to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-names-kristi-noem-as-dhs-secretary-nominee-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump names Kristi Noem as DHS secretary nominee - Washington Examiner\">transition team&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s criminal legal system committee, misspelling his name on his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000019a-b77f-df0f-abfa-f77f2a850000\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000019a-b77f-df0f-abfa-f77f2a850000\">committee roster<\/a> as &ldquo;Mysoone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Linen appeared to use several different pronunciations of Mamdani&rsquo;s last name during his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lh3Kt0ODFPM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appearance<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BreakfastClubPower1051FM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">show<\/a>, none of which seemed accurate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really just want to focus on just doing this work. Shout out to Mayor Mandami and his team. My team, Until Freedom, we&rsquo;ve been doing this work &hellip; I&rsquo;m not getting no check for this,&rdquo; Linen said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a volunteer because I really believe in what&rsquo;s supposed to be going on in our communities. We&rsquo;re going to start forums where we talk about civic engagement with formerly incarcerated, we talk about how hard it is for them to be employed, the collateral damages and causes that happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want to talk about those things, and then we want to talk about what&rsquo;s the next step forward. Women that&rsquo;s being incarcerated &mdash; We&rsquo;re going to start these convenings and we&rsquo;re going to have them all at the table,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Like, that is one of the biggest voting blocks in the world that nobody has really tapped into. Formerly incarcerated people &mdash; a lot of them don&rsquo;t even realize they can vote, how strong they are. It&rsquo;s millions of people who are formerly incarcerated that have really just lost belief in the system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Linen then pronounced Mamdani as &ldquo;Mandami&rdquo; and &ldquo;Mandani&rdquo; before describing how he would not be blindly loyal to the incoming mayor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[W]e&rsquo;re gonna push the agenda. People think, &lsquo;Oh, you with the government.&rsquo; Nah. If they do something wrong, I&rsquo;ma be outside protesting Mandami, too,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;Cause that&rsquo;s what we do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Linen, 49, was convicted in 1999 of two Bronx taxi stickups and subsequently reinvented himself as an activist, spending years in criminal justice advocacy and gun violence prevention. He asserted during the interview that he was &ldquo;wrongfully convicted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani&rsquo;s crime agenda focuses on establishing a $1.1 billion &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1a7ejjSZWWIAcxfcWnkYaqvnjihTb0LAOQkj8g10-npg\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.2gazcsgmxkub\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1a7ejjSZWWIAcxfcWnkYaqvnjihTb0LAOQkj8g10-npg\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.2gazcsgmxkub\">Department of Community Safety<\/a>&rdquo; to shift non-violent and mental-health calls away from police and into civilian teams, while keeping the New York City Police Department&rsquo;s (NYPD) headcount roughly flat.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor-elect previously <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZohranKMamdani\/status\/1277414510131916801\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZohranKMamdani\/status\/1277414510131916801\">advocated<\/a> defunding the NYPD, describing the department as &ldquo;racist, anti-queer and a major threat to public safety.&rdquo; However, he walked back his comments during his campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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