WASHINGTON — Rep. Antonio Delgado, whose career as a rapper more than a decade ago became an issue in his election campaign last year, had the last word as he settled into his Capitol Hill office.
The newly minted New York Democrat framed an image of his own lyrics for his new workplace.
“All the pain and the poverty. Hypocrisy fuels my truth. Ain’t no stopping me. #oneofus,” it reads.
During his hard-fought congressional campaign against GOP Rep. John Faso, Delgado was slammed for his “far left radical” lyrics and accused of being out of step with his constituents in the Hudson Valley and the Catskills.
GOP groups ran ads against Delgado using his more provocative lyrics about having sex to a porno flick and blasted him for criticizing “dead presidents” who “believe in white supremacy,” using the “N” word and minimizing 9/11.
Delgado stood by his short stint as a rapper, saying it drew attention to struggles of lower-income and forgotten Americans. He accused his GOP critics of trying to “otherize” him.
The Harvard Law School-educated lawyer and Rhodes Scholar was once known as hip-hop artist “A.D. The Voice.”
Delgado beat Faso 51 to 46 percent.