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M.C. Hammer's claim to fame

M.C. Hammer then

Real Name:Stanley Kirk Burrell
A.k.a:M.C. Hammer
Category: Rock, Pop & Music
Submitted by:Stunt Pope
Posted Date:2001-03-27
Last Modified:2007-11-07
Views:478538

"U can't touch this", and few could. The song topped charts in 1990 and earned an estimated $30 million. At the top of the ride Hammer had a $12 million dollar mansion in Fremont, CA, 17 luxury cars and a staff of 250.


Where are they now?


"Hammer time" was over by 1996, when $13.7 million in the red, he declared bankruptcy. After breaking his leg in 1996 and the murder of friend Tupac Shakur, Hammer experienced somewhat of an epiphany and went back to being "a man of God" (Hammer grew up in a religious envronment and was no stranger to spiritual endevours).

Hammer is now an evangilist, his shows now consist of prayer, preaching and gospel singing. He lives in a four-bedroom home in Northern California with his wife and 4 children.

Update: March/04: Reader HiRoll3r reports to us "Just an update. I was invited to a party in the SF Bay Area a few weeks ago. Turns out it was a party for the release of his new album and video(perhaps single) Full Blast. So it looks like Hammer's getting out of the preaching game and back into music. Til his backers figure out that this will not be a lucrative venture."

Update Feb 26/06: Hammer starts a webblog Look Look Look, see references.

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Updates & Sightings


2007-05-12 MC Hammer expert panelist to Techcrunch

Nice backgrounder on MC Hammer's activities the last few years via Techcrunch:

"Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Hammer released the patriotic album Active Duty on his own WorldHit label and donated portions of the proceeds to 9/11 charities. MC Hammer has a television show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Hammer is an advisor to stealth Internet start-up Dance Jam."

Above excerpt from his bio for the Techcrunch Conference panel he'll be on.


2007-11-07 MC Hammer to launch DanceJam.com
Submitted by via Techcrunch
Techcrunch's Mike Arrington is an investor in MC Hammer's DanceJam, which is currently in limited beta stealth mode.


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