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 10 September 2010, 4:15 pm
MCHammer: @KO15BBG keep goin' ... we wit you.
Twitted on 10 September 2010, 4:02 pm
MCHammer: RT @flipfashion: NYLONMAG.COM - FASHION: FIRST LOOK: RACHEL COMEY http://bit.ly/dvLhff
Twitted on 10 September 2010, 3:57 pm
MCHammer: RT @gamespot: NEWS: Grand Theft Auto trilogy coming to Macs 'most likely this year' http://gamespot.com/6275579
Twitted on 10 September 2010, 10:36 am
MCHammer: He Did It Again!!! Woke Us Up !!! Were Still Here !!! #Thank #God for Another Day !!!
Twitted on 10 September 2010, 12:12 am
MCHammer: RT @fastcompany: Now @MTV Bumps @Vevo as Top Online Music Destination, Igniting a Web Video Flame War http://bit.ly/btPPri
Twitted on 10 September 2010, 12:07 am
MCHammer: RT @Mak_pk: Start Running & Watch Your Brain Grow (Guardian) http://bit.ly/5DRTkH #Fitness RT @Flipbooks
Twitted on 9 September 2010, 11:57 pm
MCHammer: @40GLOCC DM... it's On
Twitted on 9 September 2010, 7:46 pm
MCHammer: Rappers have to start standing on what THEY can DO.. Not the HOMIES.. Using they Folks 4 shields.. Unmasking Actors.. #KingofHeart
Twitted on 9 September 2010, 5:41 am
MCHammer: RT @FindAndrewT: @MCHammer you RT'd a message about this missing child for us a while back. After nearly 3 years he has been found! Than ...
Twitted on 9 September 2010, 5:41 am
MCHammer: @FindAndrewT Amen !!!!! Glad ton help.