MC Hammer

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

Saturday Night Live

Infinite Challenge

The View

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

MTV Video Music Awards

Uncle Grandpa

Martin

American Music Awards

All Movies (28)

• 40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• The '91 Falcons2017 · as Self
• Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Swingin' A's2017 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Zoolander 22016 · as M.C. Hammer
• James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message2014 · as Self
• Vanilla Ice Archive2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• 1040: Christianity in the New Asia2010 · as Self
• Katt Williams: Pimpadelic2009 · as Self
• Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee2007 · as Roy Thunder
• Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation2005 · as Self
• Letter to the President2005 · as Self
• Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s2003 · as Self
• Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rhapsody2001 · as Wizard
• Street Life2001
• I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America1998 · as Self
• The Right Connections1997 · as Kendrick Bragg
• Private Parts1997 · as M.C. Hammer
• Cheyenne1996 · as Haddox
• Reggie's Prayer1996 · as Forest Ranger Baker
• One Tough Bastard1996 · as Dexter Kane
• I Hate The Way I Look1994 · as Self
• Last Action Hero1993 · as M.C. Hammer
• Surviving A Break-Up1992 · as Self
• The Making of "The Addams Family"1991 · as Self
• Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie1990 · as Self / Reverend Pressure
• Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 11990 · as Self

All TV Shows (23)

• Beat Shazam2017 · as Self
• Uncle Grandpa2013 · as MC Hammer (voice)
• Glenn Martin, DDS2009
• Hammertime2009 · as Self
• Infinite Challenge2005 · as Self
• Black in the 80s2005 · as Self
• Dance Fever2003 · as Self - Judge
• The New Tom Green Show2003 · as Self
• The Surreal Life2003 · as Self
• Where Are They Now?1999 · as Self
• The Hip Hop Years1999 · as Self
• Behind the Music1997 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Chris Rock Show1997
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Out All Night1992 · as Self
• Martin1992 · as Hammer
• Hammerman1991 · as Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (voice)
• 8:15 from Manchester1990
• Yo! MTV Raps1988 · as Self
• MTV Video Music Awards1984 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host & Musical Guest
• American Music Awards1974 · as Self - Musical Guest