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).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · 40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · The '91 Falcons as
- 2017 · Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Beat Shazam as Self
- 2017 · The Swingin' A's as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Zoolander 2 as M.C. Hammer
- 2014 · James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message as Self
- 2013 · Uncle Grandpa as MC Hammer (voice)
- 2012 · Vanilla Ice Archive as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · 1040: Christianity in the New Asia as Self
- 2009 · Katt Williams: Pimpadelic as Self
- 2009 · Glenn Martin, DDS as
- 2009 · Hammertime as Self
- 2007 · Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee as Roy Thunder
- 2005 · Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation as Self
- 2005 · Infinite Challenge as Self
- 2005 · Letter to the President as Self
- 2005 · Black in the 80s as Self
- 2003 · Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s as Self
- 2003 · The New Tom Green Show as Self
- 2003 · The Surreal Life as Self
- 2002 · Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Rhapsody as Wizard
- 2001 · Street Life as
- 1999 · Where Are They Now? as Self
- 1999 · The Hip Hop Years as Self
- 1998 · I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America as Self
- 1997 · Behind the Music as Self
- 1997 · The Right Connections as Kendrick Bragg
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Private Parts as M.C. Hammer
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as
- 1996 · Cheyenne as Haddox
- 1996 · Reggie's Prayer as Forest Ranger Baker
- 1996 · One Man's Justice as Dexter Kane
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Last Action Hero as M.C. Hammer
- 1992 · Out All Night as Self
- 1992 · Martin as
- 1991 · The Making of "The Addams Family" as Self
- 1991 · Hammerman as Hammerman/Stanley Burrell
- 1990 · Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie as Self / Reverend Pressure
- 1990 · 8:15 from Manchester as
- 1990 · Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1 as Self
- 1988 · Yo! MTV Raps as Self
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host & Musical Guest
- 1974 · American Music Awards as Self - Musical Guest
- Future · Dance Fever as Self