Barack Obama: New Music Video Sensation

By Karu F. Daniels, BlackVoices.com

Last year, a scantily clad would-be-video vixen shook up the viral video scene with a satirical profession of her adoration for Senator Barack Obama.

On the eve of the big city primaries, a treasure trove of real celebrities lent their likenesses to an approved music video clip, which has garnered millions of hits just days after appearing on the web.

'Yes We Can,' the brainchild of Black Eyed Peas front-man Will.I.Am and director Jesse Dylan, is a clip gathering nearly 40 celebrities – including John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Hill Harper, Kate Walsh, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tatyana Ali, Aisha Tyler, Common, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Nick Cannon, Nicole Scherzinger, Fonzworth Bentley, and the luscious lipped Scarlett Johansson – speaking, singing and playing along to the historic speech that Obama recited during his history making Jan.8 New Hampshire primary nigh event.

"I was never really big on politics ... and actually, I'm still not big on politics," Will.I.Am wrote on the blog promoting the song. "But the outcome of the last two elections has saddened me ... on how unfair, backwards, upside down, unbalanced, untruthful, corrupt and just simply, how wrong the world and politics are. ... So this year I wanted to get involved and do all I could, early."Citing the historic night in New Hampshire as his motivation, the Los Angeles native (real name: William James Adams, Jr.) said he felt "captivated" and "inspired."

"I reflected on my life and the blessings I have and the people who fought for me to have these rights and blessings. And I'm not talking about a 'black thing,' I'm talking about a 'human thing.' Me as a 'person,' an American."

"I hope this song will make you feel love and think and be inspired just like the speech inspired me," he concluded.

See the groundbreaking clip below...