MC Hammer

Known for ActingBorn 1962-03-30 (age 64)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 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).Read more

Movies & web series

The '91 Falcons

Dance Fever

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC

James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message

American Music Awards

Out All Night

Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie

Infinite Challenge

MTV Video Music Awards

Where Are They Now?

Martin

Yo! MTV Raps

The Surreal Life

Behind the Music

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Hip Hop Years

Saturday Night Live

Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s

Katt Williams: Pimpadelic

Private Parts

Last Action Hero

Glenn Martin, DDS

The New Tom Green Show

One Tough Bastard

Reggie's Prayer

Beat Shazam

Zoolander 2

Letter to the President

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

8:15 from Manchester

Hammerman

Uncle Grandpa

The Chris Rock Show

The View

Cheyenne

The Right Connections

Rhapsody

Street Life

The Swingin' A's

Vanilla Ice Archive

1040: Christianity in the New Asia

Hammertime

Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation

Black in the 80s

Oaktown's 357: Wild & Loose

Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America