The Jewish rapper Kosha Dillz released a song on Sunday celebrating the mania for the New York Knicks that is gripping New York City — including the city’s Jews — as the NBA team makes a run for the championship.

The Knicks are leading the San Antonio Spurs 2-0 in the NBA finals and the city is saturated with excitement, with the streets awash in the team’s blue and orange ahead of Monday night’s game — the first NBA finals game in New York in 27 years.

Kosha Dillz, the stage name of Rami Even-Esh, is an Israeli-American who often raps about Jewish and Israeli themes and freestyles at events from the annual Israel parade to a gathering for Holocaust survivors.

His latest music video, “Parade,” was filmed during pre-game gatherings and post-game celebrations for the second round of the series.

The video shows Kosha Dillz celebrating with Knicks fans, wearing an orange blazer and an oversized Knicks chain.

The track has its fair share of Jewish references, mentioning Katz’s Deli and Lower East Side bagels, connecting the bagels to the 1990s hip hop group the Lox.

The video opens with Kosha Dillz and a man in a kippah blessing what appears to be a loaf of rainbow-colored bread while a basketball spins on top of a Knicks flag overhead.

Throughout the video, Kosha Dillz wears a Hebrew shirt for Knicks guard Jalen Brunson.

The song’s chorus echoes the Knicks’ anthem, “Go New York Go,” by Jewish rapper-turned-entrepreneur Jesse Itzler, who recorded the track in his closet and sold it to the Knicks for $4,000 in 1993.

The song also features non-Jewish city references, from one-liners about the New York marathon to an appearance by Leh-Boy, a street character known for riding bicycles while balancing basketballs, other bicycles and assorted large items on his head.

Kosha Dillz said the track is an entry for a Knicks “fan album” competition. The team will........

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