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MC Hammer
Oakland, California, USA
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 spok…
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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).
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2024
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
The '91 Falcons
Movie Self
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2017
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
Beat Shazam
TV show Self
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2017
The Swingin' A's
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2016
Zoolander 2
Movie M.C. Hammer
- 2014
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2013
Uncle Grandpa
TV show MC Hammer (voice)
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2012
Vanilla Ice Archive
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
1040: Christianity in the New Asia
Movie Self
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2009
Katt Williams: Pimpadelic
Movie Self
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2009
Glenn Martin, DDS
TV show
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2009
Hammertime
TV show Self
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2007
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Movie Roy Thunder
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2005
Oaktown's 357: Wild & Loose
Movie Writer
- 2005
More credits
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2005
Infinite Challenge
TV show Self
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2005
Letter to the President
Movie Self
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2005
Black in the 80s
TV show Self
- 2003
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2003
Dance Fever
TV show Self - Judge
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2003
The New Tom Green Show
TV show Self
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2003
The Surreal Life
TV show Self
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2002
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2001
Rhapsody
Movie Wizard
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2001
Street Life
Movie
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1999
Where Are They Now?
TV show Self
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1999
The Hip Hop Years
TV show Self
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1998
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
Movie Self
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1997
Behind the Music
TV show Self
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1997
The Right Connections
Movie Kendrick Bragg
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1997
The View
TV show Self
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1997
Private Parts
Movie M.C. Hammer
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1997
The Chris Rock Show
TV show
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1996
Cheyenne
Movie Haddox
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1996
Reggie's Prayer
Movie Forest Ranger Baker
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1996
One Tough Bastard
Movie Dexter Kane
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1994
I Hate the Way I Look
Movie Self
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1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV show Self - Guest
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1993
Last Action Hero
Movie M.C. Hammer
