NYC mayor’s wife curated virulently anti-Israel playlists on Spotify – report

Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, appears to have curated two public Spotify playlists in the first months of the Gaza war that included virulently anti-Israel songs, some of which contained classic antisemitic tropes, according to an exposé in The Free Press.

The playlist, called “hungry but sexy for palestine,” included songs with titles like “Amrikkka,” “Intifada,” and “Ana Bakrah Israel,” which translates to “I Hate Israel.”

A second playlist, created in January 2024, included a song called “FREE PALESTINE,” with the lyrics: “Free Palestine bitch, Israel gon’ die bitch. Ni**a, it’s they land, why you out here tryna rob it. Bullshit prophets, y’all just want the profit and No shalom bitch, ni**a, this Haram bitch.”

The playlist also included a song titled “ACAB” — short for “All Cops Are Bastards.”

Duwaji and the mayor’s office decline to comment on the article, which delves into the first lady’s digital footprint and challenges her assertion that she has remained a private citizen since her husband’s election.

Though she does not confirm that the Spotify account is hers, the playlists went private after the FP reached out for comment, and before the article was published, the report says.

Duwaji has apologized in the past for using “harmful” language online, but has not addressed anti-Israel content specifically.