MC Hammer
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, actor, TV personality, entrepreneur, celebrity spokesperson, and ordained preacher. Known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit", and "Pumps and a Bump", flashy dance movements, extravagant choreography, and his eponymous Hammer pants.
A multi-award winner, Hammer is considered a "forefather" and pioneering innovator of pop rap (incorporating elements of freestyle music), and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status with his album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em.
BET ranked Hammer as the No. 7 "Best Dancer of All Time". Vibe's "The Best Rapper Ever Tournament" declared him the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round. He continues to perform concerts at music venues and appears in television advertisements, along with participating in social media and ministry/outreach functions.
Along with a Mattel doll and other merchandise, Hammer starred in a Saturday-morning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991. He became an ordained preacher during the late 1990s and hosted M.C. Hammer and Friends, a Christian ministry program on TBN. Hammer was also a dance judge on Dance Fever in 2003, was the co-creator of the dance website DanceJam.com, and was executive producer of his own reality show titled Hammertime (which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009).
Fotos
Películas (29)
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
2024 · Self (archive footage)
The '91 Falcons
2017 · Self
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017 · Self (archive footage)
The Swingin' A's
2017 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Zoolander 2
2016 · M.C. Hammer
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014 · Self
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012 · Self (archive footage)
1040: Christianity in the New Asia
2010 · Self
Katt Williams: Pimpadelic
2009 · Self
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007 · Roy Thunder
Oaktown's 357: Wild & Loose
2005 · Writer, Director
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005 · Self
Letter to the President
2005 · Self
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
2003 · Self
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Rhapsody
2001 · Wizard
Street Life
2001
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
1998 · Self
The Right Connections
1997 · Kendrick Bragg
Private Parts
1997 · M.C. Hammer
Cheyenne
1996 · Haddox
Reggie's Prayer
1996 · Forest Ranger Baker
One Tough Bastard
1996 · Dexter Kane
I Hate the Way I Look
1994 · Self
Last Action Hero
1993 · M.C. Hammer
Surviving a Break-Up
1992 · Self
The Making of "The Addams Family"
1991 · Self
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie
1990 · Self / Reverend Pressure, Executive Producer, Music, Writer, Original Music Composer
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
1990 · Self
Series (25)
Beat Shazam
2017 · Self
Uncle Grandpa
2013 · MC Hammer (voice)
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
Hammertime
2009 · Self, Executive Producer
Infinite Challenge
2005 · Self
Black in the 80s
2005 · Self
Dance Fever
2003 · Self - Judge
The New Tom Green Show
2003 · Self
The Surreal Life
2003 · Self
I Love 1990s
2001
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Self
The Hip Hop Years
1999 · Self
Behind the Music
1997 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Out All Night
1992 · Self
Martin
1992 · Hammer
Hammerman
1991 · Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (voice), Creator
The Word
1990
8:15 from Manchester
1990
Yo! MTV Raps
1988 · Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host & Musical Guest
American Music Awards
1974 · Self - Musical Guest