MC Hammer
- Acting
- March 30, 1962 · Oakland, California, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
- 40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC · Self
- The '91 Falcons · Self
- Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson · Self
- Beat Shazam · Self
- The Swingin' A's · Self
- Zoolander 2 · M.C. Hammer
- James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message · Self
- Uncle Grandpa · MC Hammer (Voice)
- Vanilla Ice Archive · Self
- 1040: Christianity in the New Asia · Self
- Katt Williams: Pimpadelic · Self
- Glenn Martin, DDS
- Hammertime · Self, Executive producer
- Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee · Roy Thunder
- Oaktown's 357: Wild & Loose · Director, Writer
- Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation · Self
- Infinite Challenge · Self
- Letter to the President · Self
- Black in the 80s · Self
- Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s · Self
- Dance Fever · Self
- The New Tom Green Show · Self
- The Surreal Life · Self
- Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's · Self
- Rhapsody · Wizard
- Street Life
- Where Are They Now? · Self
- The Hip Hop Years · Self
- I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America · Self
- Behind the Music · Self
- The Right Connections · Kendrick Bragg
- The View · Self
- Private Parts · M.C. Hammer
- The Chris Rock Show
- Cheyenne · Haddox
- Reggie's Prayer · Forest Ranger Baker
- One Tough Bastard · Dexter Kane
- I Hate the Way I Look · Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Last Action Hero · M.C. Hammer
- Surviving a Break-Up · Self
- Out All Night · Self
- Martin · Hammer
- The Making of "The Addams Family" · Self
- Hammerman · Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (Voice), Creator
- The Word
- Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie · Self / Reverend Pressure, Writer
- 8:15 from Manchester
- Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1 · Self
- Yo! MTV Raps · Self
- MTV Video Music Awards · Self
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- American Music Awards · Self