Reuters - Aug 14, 2009
MC Hammer doesn't want to hurt 'em. Again. The veteran rapper (real name Stanley Burrell) is planning a 20th anniversary companion album to his 1990 breakthrough, Please Hammer, Don't Hurt...
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A cousin of MC Hammer who appears on the rapper s cable TV reality show has been charged in California with raping a 40-year-old woman he met through an online social networking site. Marvin Grant did...
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Police in Northern California say a cousin of rapper MC Hammer has been accused of raping a woman he met on the social networking site Twitter. KPIX-TV reports that 33-year-old Marvin Grant was arrested...
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Viewers of MC Hammer s new reality TV show shouldn t expect to see him lounging around the house in baggy pants. The 1990s rap music sensation says Hammertime will give viewers a glimpse of his 16-hour...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) MC Hammer hasn t topped the music charts since the early 1990s, but the former rap star says he has another hit in him only this time around he ll produce it as a Silicon...
More »Yahoo! Music - Oct 11, 2007
MC Hammer is not dead, his representatives have insisted, after reports of the star s untimely demise swept the media. The well-being of the infamous rapper-turned-preacher has been the subject of some...
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MC Hammer s back catalog has been sold for almost $3 million, according to reports. The collection of music, which amounts to approximately 40,000 songs, including global hits U Can t Touch This and Pray...
More »AP - Aug 28, 2005
Rock was resplendent at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, as the veteran punk group Green Day took home seven moonmen and newcomers The Killers and Fall Out Boy won one each. Green Day, who...
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Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil got married to Lia Gerardini on Sunday (January 9) at the Four Seasons hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Rapper-turned-minister...
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(3/30/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- MC Hammer won t be having a huge, elaborate party today (March 30) to celebrate birthday number 40. Instead, the hip-hop artist known for his elaborate stage show will have a nice...
More »USRN - Dec 28, 2001
(12/28/01, 1 p.m. ET) -- MC Hammer, who has spent the last few months promoting his latest album Active Duty and VH1 movie Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story, looks forward to the holiday time of the year...
More »USRN - Dec 19, 2001
(12/19/01, 1 p.m. ET) -- The life of MC Hammer, who was one of the biggest names in rap during the late 80s and early 90s, is being chronicled tonight (December 19) on Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story,...
More »USRN - Oct 31, 2001
(10/31/01, 7 a.m. ET) -- Rapper MC Hammer will release his new album, Active Duty, on November 20. The set will be released on Hammer s own WorldHit Music Group label in conjunction with Red Distribution...
More »USRN - Oct 24, 2001
(10/24/01, 5 p.m. ET) -- Rapper and pop star MC Hammer is doing his part to help the victims of the September 11 terror attacks. Hammer was recently in Washington, D.C., to shoot the video for his new...
More »USRN - Aug 23, 2001
(8/23/01, 5 p.m. ET) - MC Hammer is preparing to launch an upscale men s clothing-and-accessories line called the J. Slick Collection By MC Hammer. The rapper will debut the clothing line and perform...
More »USRN - Aug 1, 2001
(8/1/01, 5 p.m. ET) -- MC Hammer (Stanley Burrell) is set to return to the world of popular music. The rapper has officially launched WorldHit Music Group, which will act as the musical enterprise under...
More »USRN - May 30, 2001
(5/30/01, 10 a.m. ET) -- Production is set to begin next week in Houston on the Artie Mandelberg-directed VH1 original feature MC Hammer. Newcomer Romany Malco will star in the title role. The project...
More »USRN - Jul 2, 1998
(7/2/98) - All Eyez On Me, the 1996 double-album by late rapper 2Pac, has been certified for sales of 9 million copies by the Recording Industry Association Of America, making it the first hardcore rap...
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