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\n\tOver 50 years ago, hip hop was born in the Bronx <\/a>during the summer of 1973. Throughout the decades, hip hop continues to evolve as a global cultural movement that inspires artists and fans alike.<\/p>\n \n\tMayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, a self-professed fan of hip hop who used to rap under the moniker \u201cYoung Cardamom,\u201d recently sat with rap icon Nas<\/a> at Queensbridge Park, outside of Nas\u2019s childhood home at the Queensbridge Projects.<\/p>\n \n\tIn a\u00a0new video\u00a0from the Mayor\u2019s Office, Mamdani and Nas discuss the roots of hip hop and what it means to New York City\u2019s past and future. \u201cWe can\u2019t be content with New York City simply being the birthplace of hip hop. We want it to still be its home, and that means ensuring that the artists who create here are actually able to live here,\u201d said Mamdani. <\/p>\n \n\tThe mayor pointed to the city\u2019s rising cost of living and how communities who created New York City\u2019s thriving culture are now being pushed out. \u201cIf we allow New York to become such an expensive city that art becomes a luxury good, then we are depriving future generations from the magic of art,\u201d he said. \u201cNew Yorkers deserve a city that is a living, breathing testament to what it looks like when we create the conditions to help this art form flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n \n