Zohran Mamdani’s parents, a filmmaker and a professor, gave him the foundation for his run for mayor of New York. But their own political views may open him up to attacks.

Zohran Mamdani was victorious in becoming the Democratic candidate in the New York City mayoral race, but he wouldn’t have gotten there without his family. The politician was raised by his dedicated parents, Mira Nair and Mahmood Mamdani, who brought Zohran over to the United States when he was a child.

Long before he became the front-runner to become New York City’s next mayor, New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani was a fan of Das Racist — the absurdist hip-hop group known for, among other things,