A$AP Rocky Says He’d Beat Zohran Mamdani in a Rap Battle & at the Polls: ‘I’m About to Be Mayor Mayers’

"I'm really gonna run for mayor," the rapper stressed. "Watch this s--t."

A$AP Rocky at The 2026 Met Gala Celebrating "Costume Art" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2026, in New York.

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A$AP Rocky is confident in his ability to win, whether it’s in a rap battle or election — even if his opponent is Zohran Mamdani.

In a clip from his Vibe cover story interview shared Tuesday (June 2), the rapper — born Rakim Mayers — exercised his characteristic confidence when asked about the possibility of going bar for bar with the mayor of New York City. “Mamdani wanna rap battle me?” Rocky said incredulously. “No way he called me out.”