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 Cant Touch This 2 Legit 2 Quit and Pumps and a Bump flashy dance movements extravagant choreography and his eponymous Hammer pants A multiaward 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 Dont Hurt Em BET ranked Hammer as the No 7 Best Dancer of All Time Vibes The Best Rapper Ever Tournament declared him the 17th favorite of alltime during the first round He continues to perform concerts at music venues and appears in television advertisements along with participating in social media and ministryoutreach functions Along with a Mattel doll and other merchandise Hammer starred in a Saturdaymorning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991 He became an ordained preacher during the late 1990s and hosted MC Hammer and Friends a Christian ministry program on TBN Hammer was also a dance judge on Dance Fever in 2003 was the cocreator of the dance website DanceJamcom and was executive producer of his own reality show titled Hammertime which aired on the AE Network during the summer of 2009
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