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 31 July 2010, 9:23 pm
MCHammer: RT @tllc1979: @MCHammer at ur show in wolf's den at the sun! Ur killing it boy
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 11:45 pm
MCHammer: @chuckcreekmur Chuck...I was flying the last 5hrs... I promise you I thought about you..You learning some new techniques huh..I feel you ..
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 11:42 pm
MCHammer: @VanjiLaSmokah to check a young arrogant rapper who put his foot in his mouth but don't recognize the taste. Song and video soon.
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 8:39 pm
MCHammer: @MCHammer]MMAの空間内のすべてお祈りしていただきありがとうございます。我々はそれを感謝します。目標を、サポート推進ファイターズを多様
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 8:36 pm
MCHammer: Let me say that again... This time in Japanese.
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 8:31 pm
MCHammer: Thank you for all the best wishes in the MMA space. we appreciate it. The goal, Support the Promotion Diversify the Fighters.
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 8:29 pm
MCHammer: Thank you for all the best wishes in the MMA space. I appreciate (We) it. The goal Support the PromootionDiversify the
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 8:19 pm
MCHammer: RT @iamdiddy: RT @molasses_jones: Can't look back now... I'm blind to it! BE BLIND TO THE PAST>>>CREATE YOUR FUTURE. REACH FOR ...
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 3:29 pm
MCHammer: RT @dmackdaddy: The SF 49ers did not need @MCHammer's help this year. They have signed all 8 of their 2010 rookie draft picks & are repo ...
Twitted on 30 July 2010, 3:28 pm
MCHammer: @Kalin_Johnston thanks