The White House launched the United We Serve initiative last week, and the Hip Hop Caucus is working with the White House and President Obama to do outreach to urban communities and communities of color. Rev. Yearwood is actually there at the WH right now having lunch.
To the Caucus, volunteering and giving back to your community is not a middle-class hobby. For impoverished inner-cities giving back is about survival. We did this video as a means of reaching out to Caucus members and the whole hip hop community, to get them to sign up either through the White House's site or through the Caucus.
Since I was a toddler, I was always a fan of The Simpsons. This track came out when I was just three years old. I'm not 100% sure that I heard it immediately when it was released, but it's definitely a track I remember from my childhood. At the time, I had no idea that Michael Jackson was involved with it at all. Go figure. The man was a fan of The Simpsons and co-wrote "Do the Bartman". The more I learn about the man, the more I appreciate the preciousness of his tormented soul. Rest in peace, Mike.