1. MC HAMMER
“Pump up the jam … and you will be rewarded … my beat is ever booming and you know I get it started … get it started!” When MC Hammer got it started there was no one touching him. He knew. Other artists knew it. Fans knew it. He even had a song called, “U Can’t Touch This.” But after the rap industry started to change and people started to tap back into that New York street rhyming (Buckshot Shorty, Nas, Biggie, etc.), the South started to bubble (OutKast, UGK, Base music) and DEATH ROW BASICALLY TOOK OVER … without dancing in y’all videos, Hammer’s career stalled.
Then he was hit with “seemingly” crippling bankruptcy, it seemed like it was a wrap for Hammer.
But … you must not know people from that Bay area. They do not lay down so easily.
MC Hammer turned to his faith and became an ordained minister in the Church of God in Christ. He has taken his religious crusades all around the world — spreading the good news. In addition to that, he manages his publishing and licenses his songs to movies, TV shows, commercials, video games, and to other rappers looking to sample him. Recently, he also revamped his chart-topping song, “Can’t Touch This,” as a parody for the global coronavirus pandemic.
Yes, even as a pastor, Hammer is still having fun.