Getty What drew Killer Mike to Sanders? 'Smoking a joint and reading his tweets'

So how exactly did a rapper end up working the spin room for Sen. Bernie Sanders?

For Killer Mike, the path to Sunday night's post-debate scrum began with social media and a little marijuana.

"Smoking a joint and reading his tweets," the rapper responded when asked what drew him to Sanders, for whom he served as a spin-room surrogate Sunday night.

It's not the first time that the Atlanta rapper, whose real name is Michael Render, has loudly voiced his support for Sanders. Render passionately introduced Sanders at a November rally and was photographed eating with the independent Vermont senator at the Busy Bee Cafe, a popular soul food restaurant in Atlanta.

.@KillerMike on how he ended up supporting Bernie Sanders: "Smoking a joint and reading his tweets." #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/UszbIRTnVQ — Deanna Pan (@DDpan) January 18, 2016



