#MC HAMMER 2 LEGIT 2 QUIT MOVIE PROFESSIONAL#
His father was a professional poker player and gambling casino manager (at Oaks Card Club's cardroom), as well as a warehouse supervisor. Stanley Kirk Burrell was born in Oakland, California, on March 30, 1962. He is also active in community and sports activities, being interviewed locally and nationally. He continues to perform concerts at music venues and appears in television advertisements, along with participating in social media and ministry/outreach functions. Vibe 's "The Best Rapper Ever Tournament" declared him the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round. Hammer signed with Suge Knight's Death Row Records in 1995.
A part of additional record labels, he has associated, collaborated and recorded with Psy, VMF, Tupac Shakur, Teddy Riley, Felton Pilate, Tha Dogg Pound, The Whole 9, The Hines Brother, Deion Sanders, Big Daddy Kane, BeBe & CeCe Winans and Jon Gibson. As a result, he has created and produced his own acts/music including Ho Frat Hoo!, Oaktown's 3.5.7, Special Generation, Analise, DRS, B Angie B, Gentry Kozia and Oakland Fight Club. Throughout his career, Hammer has managed his own recording business as a record label CEO. Hammer was also a dance judge on Dance Fever in 2003, was the co-creator of the dance website, and was executive producer of his own reality show titled Hammertime (which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009). Hammer and Friends, a Christian ministry program on TBN. He became an ordained preacher during the late 1990s and hosted M.C. Īlong with a Mattel doll and other merchandise, Hammer starred in a Saturday-morning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991. However, due to overexposure and critical backlash, his popularity waned by the mid-1990s (which led to a highly publicized bankruptcy beginning in 1996). After being labeled a sellout, and with the changing landscape of hip hop music, Hammer attempted to appeal to the rise of gangsta rap. Ī 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 for an album. Remembered for a rapid rise to fame, Hammer has also been an entrepreneur and celebrity spokesperson. Hammer is widely credited for bringing hip hop music to a mainstream audience,, being 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. In 2007, it was named the greatest one-hit wonder of all time by Blender magazine.Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper. The song was ranked number 97 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s. "2 Legit 2 Quit" has been sampled and interpolated by numerous artists, including Missy Elliott, Will Smith, P. In 2020, the song was used in a commercial for Crocs. The album also produced three more top 40 singles: "Addams Groove", "Do Not Pass Me By" and "Forever". Too Legit to Quit was a commercial success, reaching double platinum status in the United States and becoming Hammer's final album to peak at number one on the US Billboard 200. The video was nominated for several awards, including the Best Rap Video at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. The accompanying music video was directed by Rupert Wainwright and it features Hammer performing the song in a simulated boxing match. The song's success was due in part to its heavy airplay on MTV. "2 Legit 2 Quit" also peaked at number one in Australia and New Zealand. The song was an instant worldwide hit, reaching number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart.
Hammer from his previous album "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em." The song samples "Super Freak" by Rick James, as well as "Here Comes the Hammer" by M.C. "2 Legit 2 Quit" is a 1991 single by American rapper MC Hammer, released as the lead single of his fourth studio album, "Too Legit to Quit." The song was produced by Felton Pilate and James Earley, with co-production credit from MC Hammer himself.
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