Obama inspires "We are the World"-style celebrity song

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yeswecan.jpgA group of Hollywood celebrities is singing the praises of Barack Obama. A group of 30 glitterati led by the Black Eye Peas' will.i.am have produced a viral video of "Yes We Can," a song inspired by Obama's concession speech in the New Hampshire primaries. The video, which includes appearances by Scarlett Johansson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kate Walsh, Nick Cannon and Tatiana Ali, along with the Black Eye Peas' frontman, has already garnered more than 700,000 hits on Youtube, according to the New York Times. The Obama camp says it had nothing to do with pro  duction of the video, but is already using it liberally during campaign appearances.

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Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, producer Aaron Russo began promoting rock and roll shows at local theaters while still a high school student. He then worked for his family's undergarment business, where in 1963, he designed the first ladies bikini under wear. Five years later the twenty four year old entrepreneur opened his own nightclub in Chicago called the Kinetic Playground which became a driving force in the music business, where Aaron helped create the careers of many legendary performers,...

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