Notes from Denver: Meeting the Black Eyed Peas and more...

I don't even know my name right now. After a late night, I'm here at a California Democratic Party breakfast at the Sheraton in downtown Denver where Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villariagosa and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom are two of the featured speakers. I'll hear what they have to say, try and get a word with them too. Right now the Denver mayor is up there and I don't know much about him except that I watched him on Chalrie Rose last week. He just gave a shout out for gay marriage so dig him.
Anyway, last night was kinda cool. I went to the Creative Coaltion's gala at the Fillmore Auditorium and got to chat up Black Eyed Peas bandmates Fergie and Will i. am.

It was a natural that they would be performing a high-profile gig during the convention since it was Will's "Yes We Can" song and Internet sensation video gave Barack Obama one of the coolest celebrity endorsements ever.

"Will.i.am inspired me," Fergie said. "When Will made that song, I think it was touching to every person in America because it really said something."

The video features an eclectic mix of celebs: John Legend, Scarlett Johansson, Kate Walsh, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who sing a Bob Marley-style melody alongside footage of an Obama speech during the New Hampshire primaries.

"I did it because I was inspired by Barack Obama's speech in New Hampshire and that wasn't even his victory speech, that was a speech where he lost," Will said. "If he could inspire me when he lost, just think what he's gonna do when he wins. I don't know know how I'm going to contain myself. I'm just gonna keep writing and writing and writing. And not for fee, for free. For freedom."

Here is the video: