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Art,
I'm not sure why the medium of the video is relevant. Would the message be more legitimate if it was shot on film instead?
Political expression through music is as old as politics and music themselves. Our culture of celebrity may be an easy target but that does not automatically render any political statement made by a celebrity null and void, does it?
To me, it seems that you are giving far too much power to a music video. Guess what? Young voters are the least likely to show up at a polling place. I somehow doubt that politically inclined hip hop is going to significantly affect national politics anytime soon.
To some, an image of the people uniting together to reclaim the country through legitimate political means may be frightening. Fear of the "mob" has always permeated America's unspoken class conciousness. To those who do not fear the people, though, it is a vision of hope.
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