MC Hammer
Summary
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), best known by his stage names MC Hammer, Hammer and Hammertime, is a rapper, entertainer and dancer most popular during the late 1980s until the mid-1990s. Remembered for a rapid rise to fame before losing the majority of his fortune, he is also known for his hit records, including "U Can't Touch This", flamboyant dance techniques and trademark Hammer pants.Hammer became a preacher during the late 1990s, was a television show host and dance judge, is a record label CEO, and as of 2008 works as a co-creator of a dance website called DanceJam, while still performing occasionally at concerts and other social media, ministry and outreach functions.
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YouTube sensation ‘baracksdubs’ returns with Obama doing MC Hammer
Fadi Saleh is back with an awesome new “barackdubs” to celebrate the President’s re-election victory. The YouTube phenomenon, created by 19-year old Saleh, has in the past had the president singing and dancing to plenty of tunes including the Obama/Romney duet of Miley Cyrus’ ‘Party In The U.
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Roberta Flack and others seek ad dollars via FanAxcess.com [with promo video]
FanAxcess. com has become the latest company seeking to match musicians with advertisers and brands, and it starts with Roberta Flack, M. C. Hammer, D. J. Quik, Livingston Taylor and Marcus Miller among its registered users.
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Pepsi partners with Twitter for e-concerts
PepsiCo Inc. is tweeting to a new generation of music lovers. The No. 2 soda company said Monday that it's partnering with Twitter to provide streaming videos of live music concerts to Pepsi's followers on the social networking site. The deal is part of Pepsi's new global ad campaign that will also feature a TV ad with singer Nicki Minaj.
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Black musicians and piracy: Friends or foes?
An NPD study indicates that black Americans are more likely to listen to pirated music. Should black musicians care?.
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Dropbox signs superstars Bono, The Edge — as investors
The news that Dropbox now counts a couple of rockstars among its investors brought a few chuckles: the cloud startup’s team posing with U2′s Bono and The Edge certainly made for a little fun viewing.
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Ad of the Day: Nike
This morning, Nike unveiled a video to promote its newest high-tech fitness device: the Nike+ FuelBand, developed with help from R/GA. Before we get any further, let's try to figure out what this fancy toy actually does. According to Nike, you wear your FuelBand during the day to track your steps, calories burned, time spent exercising, etc.
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The Simpsons at 500: what are your favourite episodes?
As The Simpsons nears its milestone 500th episode, we're compiling a list of the Guardian's 10 favourite episodes – and we need your suggestions.
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VC Tim Draper Got Down With MC Hammer Last Night At This Crazy Pink Party
Last night, Jesse Draper threw one heck of a party to celebrate her fourth season of Valley Girl, her Silicon Valley talk show.
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WATCH: Two Entrepreneurs Do A Live Rap Performance To Try And Raise Money
Entrepreneur Mick Hagen and his friendDavid Peterson rapped at Jesse Draper's party last night. This is the first time they performed live since the group made a splash on YouTube a few weeks ago when they made a rap video to try to get funding.
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When MC Hammer Visited Twitter...
Several years ago, MC Hammer discovered Twitter and called Ron Conway, who was a very early investor in the company.
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