Kanye West: Kim Kardashian and I Met Obama, So Get Out and Vote

November 4, 2014 7:22 PM EST

Kanye West made a last-minute plea to Americans to get out and vote Tuesday, in a brief flurry of tweets just hours before polls closed.

First, the rapper told his 10.9 million followers that he and wife Kim Kardashian had met President Obama two weeks ago—a man who famously once called him a “jackass“—and said he had decided he would be “supporting the Democratic ticket in these midterms.”

The elections, he added, were “extremely important” — a statement with which few Americans agree, if polls are to be believed. Only 41 percent in the U.S. have given much thought to the midterms at all, according to Gallup.

Kanye concluded his series of tweets by urging fans to exercise their democratic rights before the polls close:

Meanwhile, as the “Yeezus” artist was making his hasty appeal to voters on the Internet, fellow rap star Lil Jon had already flown all the way from Los Angeles to Georgia to cast a vote in the contentious senate race there, ABC News reported. Earlier this year, Lil Jon also turned his hit song “Turn Down for What” into a Rock the Vote ad called “Turn Out for What.”

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Salvador Ponce, 73, leaves after casting his ballot at a polling place set up in the playground of a McDonald's restaurant in Los Angeles on Nov. 4, 2014.Jae C. Hong—AP

Election Utah — People vote at the polling place in Krishna Temple in Salt Lake City on Nov. 4, 2014. Rick Bowmer—AP

A woman votes at a polling station in a local grocery store during U.S. midterm elections, in National City — A woman votes at a polling station inside a local grocery store in National City, Calif. on Nov. 4, 2014. Mike Blake—Reuters

Midterms Elections Held Across The U.S. — A voter works on his ballot at First Class Barber Shop in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2014.Brian Kersey—Getty Images

Voter Larry Levatte casts his ballot inside the old Hoggards Mill Courthouse of Baker County in Newton, Ga. on Nov. 4, 2014. David Goldman—AP

Deborah Brown, 60, emerges from the voting booth after casting her ballot on U.S. midterm election day morning at the West Philadelphia YMCA in Philadelphia — Deborah Brown, 60, emerges from the voting booth after casting her ballot at the West Philadelphia YMCA in Philadelphia on Nov. 4, 2014. MARK MAKELA—REUTERS

America Votes — A voter leaves his booth as election workers GayLee Erickson, left, and Debbie Redmond, second from left, confer at the Valley Bible Chalet, in Indian, Alaska on Nov. 4, 2014.Ted S. Warren—AP

A voter looks over her ballot for the U.S. midterm elections at a laundromat used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois — A voter looks over her ballot for the U.S. midterm elections at a laundromat used as a polling station in Chicago on Nov. 4, 2014. Jim Young—Reuters

A woman fills out her ballot at a polling place at a swimming pool on Election Day in Los Angeles — A woman fills out her ballot at a polling place at a swimming pool in Los Angeles on Nov. 4, 2014. LUCY NICHOLSON—REUTERS

APTOPIX America Votes — Voters fill out their ballots in a gym on election day at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Albany, N.Y. on Nov. 4.Mike Groll—AP

Voters fill in their ballots at a polling place located in Shoaf's Wagon Wheel during the U.S. midterm elections in Salisbury — Voters fill in their ballots at a polling place located in Shoaf's Wagon Wheel in Salisbury, N.C. on Nov. 4, 2014. CHRIS KEANE—REUTERS

Ferguson, Missouri Residents Vote On Election Day — Residents cast their votes at a polling place in Ferguson, Mo. on Nov. 4, 2014.Scott Olson—Getty Images

Voting in US Midterm Elections — A voter drops her election ballot at one of many ballot drop boxes in the Arvada suburb of Denver on Nov. 4, 2014. BOB PEARSON—EPA

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