Cardi B Partners with NYC Mayor on Jingle Contest for 2K Childcare

New York City rapper Cardi B has partnered with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to launch a citywide jingle competition aimed at promoting the launch of the city's new free childcare program for two-year-olds. The initiative, announced in a video on Friday, April 3, seeks original 15- or 30-second songs from residents to serve as the official theme for the 2K program, which will provide 2,000 free seats starting this fall.

Cardi B, a Bronx native and mother of four young children, joined Mamdani in the announcement to highlight the personal importance of accessible childcare. "Child care is very important. Sometimes us women, we can't really go forward because we don't have nobody to help us take care of our kids," she said in the video. Mamdani, 34, praised her involvement, noting her roots in the city and her advocacy for families. The mayor quoted lyrics from her 2017 hit "Bodak Yellow" in a statement: "As Cardi B says, 'I can get em both. I don't wanna choose.' With universal child care, New Yorkers won't have to. For too long, families have been forced to choose between affordable care and staying in the city they love. Now, they can have both: free care in the greatest city in the...