A viral chant celebrating New York’s diversity and the Knicks’ NBA Finals run has taken over social media, turning a 23-year-old fan into an unlikely internet figure at the centre of the city’s basketball fever.The New York Knicks won 4-1 in the NBA Finals, winning their first championship since the
A viral chant celebrating New York’s diversity and the Knicks’ NBA Finals run has taken over social media, turning a 23-year-old fan into an unlikely internet figure at the centre of the city’s basketball fever.The New York Knicks won 4-1 in the NBA Finals, winning their first championship since the 1970s. As excitement built across the city, streets in Manhattan became filled with blue and orange.Amid the basketball buzz, a short chant posted online has become a cultural talking point far beyond the sport itself.“My mayor MuslimMy bagel’s JewishMy Christian DiorKnicks in four”The lines were first shouted in a viral TikTok video by MD Ahnaf Hossain, a 23-year-old Knicks supporter, in a clip branded by prediction market company Kalshi. The video went so viral that slogan even appeared on merchandise such as T-shirts
