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Meet Mayor Eric Adams’ actor, filmmaker and rapper son, Jordan Coleman: the 29-year-old made his first documentary with Kobe Bryant aged 12 and has worked for Jay-Z

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Jordan Coleman is the son of New York Mayor Eric Adams – who has this week been charged with bribery and wire fraud. Photos: Mayor Eric Adams/Facebook, @_jayoo_/Instagram
Jordan Coleman is the son of New York Mayor Eric Adams – who has this week been charged with bribery and wire fraud. Photos: Mayor Eric Adams/Facebook, @_jayoo_/Instagram
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New York Mayor Eric Adams has just been charged with bribery, but insists he is innocent – so who is his only son, the hip-hop artist and filmmaker known as Jayoo?

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has just been charged with bribery, wire fraud and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations.

Mayor Eric Adams was charged with bribery, wire fraud and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations on September 26. Photo: NY Daily News/TNS
Mayor Eric Adams was charged with bribery, wire fraud and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations on September 26. Photo: NY Daily News/TNS

An indictment unsealed on Thursday detailed allegations that the 64-year-old sought and accepted illegal campaign funds and more than US$100,000 in luxury travel benefits from Turkish businessmen, per the BBC.

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Adams has denied all wrongdoing and in a statement from his official residence said: “I always knew that if I stood my ground for all of you, that I would be a target – and a target I became,” per Fox. “I will fight these injustices with every ounce of my strength and my spirit.”

Jordan Coleman is the son of Eric Adams and his ex-girlfriend Chrisena Coleman. Photo: @_jayoo_/Instagram
Jordan Coleman is the son of Eric Adams and his ex-girlfriend Chrisena Coleman. Photo: @_jayoo_/Instagram

Adams has been the mayor of New York City since 2022. He has a 29-year-old son, Jordan Coleman, from his relationship with Chrisena Coleman, and is now dating a woman called Tracey Collins, per People. So far Coleman has remained silent on the matter.

Jordan Coleman wants to transition from hip-hop to filmmaking. Photo: @_jayoo_/Instagram
Jordan Coleman wants to transition from hip-hop to filmmaking. Photo: @_jayoo_/Instagram

Adams has talked about how proud he is of his son, Jordan Coleman. Here’s what we know about him:

Jordan Coleman is the son of Eric Adams and Chrisena Coleman

Jordan Coleman with his parents. Photo: @_jayoo_/Instagram
Jordan Coleman with his parents. Photo: @_jayoo_/Instagram

Jordan is the son of Eric Adams and Chrisena Coleman. The pair never married and broke up when Jordan was still a toddler, per the New York Post.

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