The Story
It was all a dream.
A kid from Jamaica, Queens. A street camera outside the Garden. Four lines the whole city finished in one breath. How a cab driver’s son wrote New York’s anthem by accident.
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My mayor’s still muslim,my bagel’s still jewish,even the Pope’s on our side…So we took the Chip in five.
One city. United we stand, divided we fall.
The original, for the record: “My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish, my Christian Dior… Knicks in four.” How it started →
He said it once, to a camera, the night the Knicks took Game 1. Ten million of us finished the sentence. City of Us turns that breath into something you can wear: proof that a town of every kind of everything still loses its voice for the same team.
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The moment, caught
Watch the moment that started it.
The Original
@itsbingbot — MD Ahnaf Hossain’s original video
The 15-second clip that started it all. June 2026, outside MSG.
Most Viral
112K likes via @knicks.movement. The one that broke the internet.
“I’ve seen Hasidic Jews breakdancing with Black kids. This is the greatest unification of the city since 9/11.
The founder
MD Ahnaf Hossain
The guy who said the four lines.
“I grew up with Jews, Muslims, Haitians, Pakistanis, Bengalis. I just had to bring everyone together.
From
Sherpur, Bangladesh. Moved to Jamaica, Queens at one. Grew up on a block of Bengalis, Indians, and Hispanics.
Family
Dad drove a cab, now drives an MTA bus. Mom is a paraprofessional. One sister. Bengali at home.
School
RIT. Started in physics, switched to finance. Class clown who liked math.
That night
June 4, 2026. A Kalshi camera outside MSG after Game 1. Four lines, no script. 6.9 million views.
Listens to
Pop Smoke. NAV — “the original guy who put brown people on the map.”
Off the clock
Sports and gaming with friends. Basketball, soccer, wrestling, UFC.
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The chant in print.
Six outlets, one breath. Press coverage of MD Ahnaf Hossain and the four lines.
- The New York Times
His Mayor's Muslim. His Bagel's Jewish. His Words Are New York.
Read the story - CNN
The impact behind the viral New York Knicks chant
Read the story - The Washington Post
He grabbed a mic to riff about the Knicks. His rhyme became an anthem of unity.
Read the story - The Forward
'My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish' — the Knicks chant capturing New York's soul
Read the story - Yahoo Sports
My Mayor Is Muslim, My Bagel Is Jewish, My Christian's Dior… Knicks In 4!
Read the story - USA Today
TikTok gave Knicks fans a viral rallying cry involving Zohran Mamdani
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What it means
Four lines. One city.
Read it slow and it stops being a joke. It’s a census set to a beat. The things that should split a city are the exact things holding this one together.
01
A mayor sworn in on the Quran.
The city doesn't just tolerate where you came from. It elects it.
02
A bagel from somebody's grandmother.
Jewish refugees from Poland brought the recipe to the Lower East Side in the 1800s. By the 1910s, 300 bagel craftsmen in Manhattan had their own union. You taste that history in every bite.
03
A Christian in Dior.
Room enough for faith and for flash, on the same block.
04
A team we'd lose our voices for.
We argue about everything. We agree on the Knicks.
A city doesn’t melt its differences down. It holds them, all eight million, and calls the whole loud thing home.
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What people ask.
What is City of Us?+
The official project from MD Ahnaf Hossain, the New Yorker whose four-line chant became the city's anthem. It turns that moment into a limited tee and a small idea: that a city of every kind of everything still belongs to one another. Enter for a chance to get selected for one.
Who said it?+
MD Ahnaf Hossain, a 23-year-old from Jamaica, Queens who moved from Bangladesh as a baby. He said it to a Kalshi street camera outside Madison Square Garden the night the Knicks took Game 1, and the clip passed 6.9 million views. The Christian Dior line is a nod to a Pop Smoke lyric. Find him on Instagram at @mdahnafhossain.
Didn't it used to be "Knicks in four"?+
It did, and the original is preserved here and on the tee. The first four lines were said the night the Knicks took Game 1. As the Finals stretched, the line grew with the series: “My mayor’s still muslim, my bagel’s still jewish, even the Pope’s on our side… So we took the Chip in five.” Same city, updated math.
What do the four lines mean?+
Each nods to a facet of the city: a Muslim mayor (Zohran Mamdani, sworn in January 2026), the Jewish bagel tradition that Polish refugees carried to the Lower East Side in the 1800s (by the 1910s, Manhattan had 300 bagel makers with their own union), the house of Christian Dior, and the team the whole town rallies behind in its first Finals run since 1999.
Is this official?+
Yes. City of Us is the official project from MD Ahnaf Hossain, the New Yorker who said the four lines. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by the NBA, the New York Knicks, or Christian Dior.
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