Mc Hammer's Biography And Facts'

Mc Hammer has been appeared in channels as follow: UPROXX Video, MCHammerVevo. Born 30 March, 1962 (61 years old). What is the zodiac sign of Mc Hammer ? According to the birthday of Mc Hammer the astrological sign is Aries .

Mc Hammer Biography Facts

Mc Hammer has been appeared in channels as follow: UPROXX Video, MCHammerVevo.

Born 30 March, 1962 (61 years old).

What is the zodiac sign of Mc Hammer ?
According to the birthday of Mc Hammer the astrological sign is Aries .

Career of the Mc Hammer started in 1985 .

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American hip hop artist "Stanley Burrell" redirects here. For the basketball player, see Stanley Burrell .

MC Hammer
Hammer at TechCrunch in July 2008
Background information
Birth nameStanley Kirk Burrell
Also known asM.C. Hammer Hammer Hammertime King Hammer Kirk Burrell K. Burrell Hammerman
BornMarch 30, 1962
Oakland, California, U.S.
GenresHip hop gospel dance
OccupationRapper dancer record producer entrepreneur preacher spokesperson
Years active1985–present
LabelsCapitol Records EMI Records Giant Death Row Reprise Warner Bros. Records Full Blast Music
Associated actsJon Gibson Doug E. Fresh Tha Dogg Pound Teddy Riley Special Generation

Stanley Kirk Burrell , known professionally as MC Hammer , is an American rapper, dancer, record producer and entrepreneur who had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the early 1990s. Remembered for his rapid rise to fame, Hammer is known for songs , flashy dance movements, choreography and eponymous Hammer pants.

A multi-award winner, M.C. Hammer is considered a "forefather/pioneer" and innovator of pop-rap and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status for an album.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. Hammer's popularity and success waned beginning in the mid-nineties when he was labeled a sellout by the changing landscape of hip-hop music, leading to financial problems later in life, including bankruptcy in 1996. Hammer attempted to cultivate a "harder" sound and image around this time, but his commercial success and credibility in the hip hop scene continued to decline.

Burrell became a preacher during the late 1990s with a Christian ministry program on TBN called M.C. Hammer and Friends. Additionally, he starred in a Saturday-morning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991 and was executive producer of his own reality show called Hammertime, which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009. Hammer was also a television show host and dance judge on Dance Fever in 2003, was co-creator of a dance website called DanceJam.com and is a record label CEO while still performing concerts at music venues and assisting with other social media, ministry and outreach functions. Prior to becoming ordained, Hammer signed with Suge Knight's Death Row Records in 1995.

Throughout his career, Hammer has managed his own recording business. As a result, he has created and produced his own acts including Ho Frat Hoo!,Oaktown's 3.5.7, Special Generation, Analise, DRS, B Angie B and Gentry Kozia. A part of additional record labels, he has associated, collaborated and recorded with Psy, VMF, Tupac Shakur, Teddy Riley, Felton Pilate, Tha Dogg Pound, The Whole 9, The Hines Brother, Deion Sanders, Big Daddy Kane, BeBe & CeCe Winans and Jon Gibson.

 

Early life and education

Stanley Kirk Burrell was born on March 30, 1962, in Oakland, California. His father was a professional poker player and gambling casino manager , as well as warehouse supervisor. He grew up poor with his mother and eight siblings in a small apartment in East Oakland. He recalled that six children were crammed into a three-bedroom housing project apartment. The Burrells would also frequent thoroughbred horse races, eventually becoming owners and winners of several graded stakes.

In the Oakland Coliseum parking lot the young Burrell would sell stray baseballs and dance accompanied by a beatboxer. Oakland A's team owner Charles O. Finley saw the 11-year-old doing splits and hired him as a clubhouse assistant and batboy as a result of his energy and flair. Burrell served as a "batboy" with the team from 1973 to 1980. In 2010, Hammer discussed his lifelong involvement with athletes on ESPN's First Take as well as explained that his brother Louis Burrell Jr. was actually the batboy while his job was to take calls and do "play-by-plays" for the A's absentee owner during every summer game. The colorful Finley, who lived in Chicago, used the child as his "eyes and ears."Reggie Jackson, in describing Burrell's role for Finley, took credit for his nickname:

Hell, our chief executive, the guy that ran our team, uh, that communicated Charlie Finley, the top man there, was a 13-year old kid. I nicknamed him "Hammer," because he looked like Hank Aaron .

Team players, including Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Pedro Garcia, also dubbed Burrell "Little Hammer" due to his resemblance to Aaron. Ron Bergman, at the time an Oakland Tribune writer who covered the A's, recalled that:

He was an informant in the clubhouse, an informant for Charlie, and he got the nickname "Pipeline."

According to Hammer:

Charlie said, "I'm getting you a new hat. I don't want you to have a hat that says "A's" on it. I'm getting you a hat that says 'Ex VP,' that says 'Executive Vice President.' You're running the joint around here." ... Every time I come down to the clubhouse, you know, Rollie would yell out "Oh, everybody be quiet! Here comes Pipeline!"

He acquired the nickname "M.C." for being a "Master of Ceremonies" which he used when he began performing at various clubs while on the road with the A's, and eventually in the military. Hammer, who played second base in high school, dreamed of being a professional baseball player but did not make the final cut at a San Francisco Giants tryout. However, he has been a participant/player in the annual Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game wearing an A's cap to represent Oakland .

Burrell went on to graduate from McClymonds High School in Oakland in 1980 and took undergraduate classes in communications. Discouraged by his studies at a local college and failing to win a place in a professional baseball organization, he joined the United States Navy for three years, serving with PATRON FOUR SEVEN of NAS Moffett Field in Mountain View, CA as a Petty Officer Third Class Aviation Store Keeper until his honorable discharge.

 

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