You can't touch this - would you even want to?

Ah, the 80’s. It seems hard to believe now that we could have listened to such junk. Oh wait…

Please Hammer Don’t hurt ‘em might seem a preposterously pretentious and self-important title for an album… and it was. MC Hammer typified the cult of the self-centered egomaniac rapper, Yo, you can’t touch this, before becoming a preacher and using his star status to spread the good word. Yo, you’ve got to pray to make it today.

MC Hanmmer, the clean-cut rapper made $33 million from Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘em but ended up $13 million in debt and had to file for bankruptcy in 1996. How is that possible? Well, he had a taste for spending, such as when he spent $2 million on Italian marble floors for his house.

MC Hammer’s Twitter feed is as you might expect, full of exclamation marks and profound philosophical insights.

Last Tweets

Twitted on 5 February 2012, 10:29 am
MCHammer: @gatorboy Wheres your compassion ? Mourn with them who Mourn.... If you have all these gifts and have not Love, it profits you Nothing.
Twitted on 5 February 2012, 9:50 am
MCHammer: He Did it Again !!! Woke Us Up !!! We're Still Here !!! Thank #God for Another Day !!! Have A #Great One !!! #SuperBowl !!!
Twitted on 5 February 2012, 9:30 am
MCHammer: 'Soul Train' fans dance at NYC Cornelius fete http://t.co/0DijHhIC
Twitted on 5 February 2012, 5:15 am
MCHammer: RT @Ste7en_Marshall: Read my #UFC143 review of last night http://t.co/CmSSTHe8 @danawhite @bjpenndotcom @ufc @bisping @MCHammer @MmaFigh ...
Twitted on 5 February 2012, 4:54 am
MCHammer: #UFC143 ... Post Fight http://t.co/JJClKZnL
Twitted on 5 February 2012, 4:02 am
MCHammer: @danieljpowley listen close .. analyze each verse .. And you describe the challenges, pain, struggles and tweet it. http://t.co/F0TWHmq1
Twitted on 5 February 2012, 4:00 am
MCHammer: @danieljpowley and added more to the mission.
Twitted on 5 February 2012, 3:59 am
MCHammer: We All Seek Peace ... http://t.co/F0TWHmq1 Why Are we .. ??? #living2Die http://t.co/9AjVKzWb
Twitted on 5 February 2012, 3:42 am
MCHammer: I'm in Vegas with a deuce in the Air : (RIP 2PAC) http://t.co/RvW6bk1h #salute http://t.co/dO61FNZW
Twitted on 5 February 2012, 3:38 am
MCHammer: @Suavizzle Pac wrote this for me. I'm in Vegas right now. Miss my homie. RIP #2PAC #salute http://t.co/RvW6bk1h