Bernie Sanders is picking up the beat that Jay Z is laying down.

The senator from Vermont tweeted Thursday that, per the legendary rap star, America needs to end the war on drugs:



Jay Z is right: We have to end the war on drugs. https://t.co/cWPQw8X7aN — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) September 15, 2016

The tweet linked to a short New York Times editorial film entitled "Jay Z: The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail," and featuring narration by the rapper and illustrations by Molly Crabapple:



"The war on drugs exploded the U.S. prison population, disproportionately locking away black[s] and Latinos. Our prison population grew more than 900 percent," Jay Z explains in the video. "When the war on drugs began in 1971, our prison population was 200,000. Today, it is over 2 million."

"Venture capitalists migrate to [states where marijuana has been legalized] to open multibillion dollar operations, but former felons can't open a dispensary," Jay Z continues. "Lots of times, those felonies were drug charges caught by poor people who sold drugs for a living but are now prohibited from participating in one of the fastest-growing economies."

Meanwhile, people on Twitter were excited by the notion of any kind of collaboration between Sanders and Jay Z, and let their imaginations run wild:



@SenSanders Bern when u dropping ur mixtape the ppl request it — Big M (@Misterr_E) September 15, 2016

@SenSanders 99 problems including unjust mass incarceration — Tobias Rochman (@tobias_rochman) September 15, 2016

Bernie Sanders and Jay Z?! OK, I'm with it. https://t.co/B4wPAJiumS — Animal Farm Magazine (@AnimalFarmMag) September 15, 2016