Following Lil B on Twitter hasn’t historically been the most reliable metric for predicting election success. While Lil B follows President Barack Obama, Obama does not follow Lil B. But this in not the same America as it was in 2008, back before Chelsea Manning, before the Arab Spring, and before we could fully understand the role so many bank billionaires played in the recession. Nor is the same America as 2012, before the revelations of Edward Snowden, or the turmoil in Greece.

And perhaps most importantly, here, one of the biggest changes over the past eight years is that social media is probably more influential than ever. Who better than a pioneer of following back—who better than a leader in encouraging the lifelong pursuit of knowledge and social justice—who better than a man who has made some mistakes, sure, but owned up to them and evolved his positions—yes, who better than a rapper with gold teeth, who loves you, and, lest we forget, loves the 1.25 million people following him on Twitter, to take the reigns of this important election, speak right into the ears of the influencers, and steer it in the direction of equality, justice, and a mutually respectful happiness on earth? Who but Lil B?

And Killer Mike!