Me Hammer's single,
"You Can't Touch This" hit
number one on the R &: Band
pop charts. His album,
"Please Hammer Don't Hurt
'Em" sold over five million
copies and topped the R&B
and pop charts for four
month.
He's got an American
Music Award and an armful of
MTV awards. But why is M.C.
Hammer so successful? Well,
he credits his success to the
fact that his music has
something for everyone.
. However, in spite of the
fact that music fans seem to
have gone beser over M.C.
Hammer, fact is some people
have taken aim against him.
Hammer has had to fend off
attacks from other
hip-hoppers who ay his lyrics
and rap style are weak and
he' gotten into long distance
verbal battles with the likes of
3rd Base and LL Cool J and
one of Hammer's most
urprising cri tic was Rick
Jame , who got angry at
Hammer for arnpling his
1981 smash. "Super Freak"
for "You Can't Touch This."
Hammer gave Rick a song
writing credit for the song and
is paying Rick a healthy sum
in royalties.
HE CA 'T FIGURE out
why Rick is so up et. "If Rick
is saying these negative
things, I can't understand it.
He's making money and he's
been brought bac to Ii fe If
I've done something wrong by
helping him become well
known and popular again,
then excuse me" .
In addition to Rick James
and certain rap artist. M.e.
Hammer has caught flack
from the media. A recent
Rolling Stone magazine cover
depicted Hammer as a
"de anding task rna ter" who
runs his organization like a
tyrant. Hammer ays the
magazine didn't tell it like it
is.
"One of the comment they
made is that we have a curfew,
but the fact i we have about
80 people with u and alot of
them are 18 and 19 year olds
who are the responsibili ty of
M.C. Hammer and his
management. There are
hustlers, extortionists and
dope dealers out there and I'm
not going to have people I'm
responsible for out running
around late at night".
Hammer admits to running
a tight ship, and says that's the
only way to operate a
professional organization.
"Everybody who's succes ful
in busine s - from the
corporate executive to the
dope dealers on the street runs
a tight ship".
Of cour e M.C. Hammer
isn't only throwing down as a
recording artist and
performer, he's living large
off stage as the' head of his
own record company, Bus t It
Records which is already
getting busy wi th three hot
acts - the hard stepping,
Ho-Frat-Ho; the cool and
Classy vocal group, Special
Generation; and the fun y
fre h Mi is ippi rap duo, One
Cau e One Effect.
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