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MC Hammer

February 11, 2012 by · Comments Off on MC Hammer 

MC Hammer, Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the mid-1990s. Remembered for a rapid rise to fame before losing the majority of his fortune, Hammer is also known for his hit records, including “U Can’t Touch This”, flamboyant dance movements and trademark Hammer pants. Hammer’s superstar-status made him a household name and pop icon. He has sold more than 50 million records worldwide.

Burrell also became a preacher during the late 1990s, was a television show host and dance judge, is a record label CEO, and as of 2008 works as a co-creator of a dance website called DanceJam, while still performing concerts at music venues and assisting with other social media, ministry and outreach functions. In addition, he was executive producer of his own reality show called Hammertime which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009. Prior to becoming ordained, Hammer signed with Suge Knight’s Death Row Records by 1995.

M.C. Hammer is considered a “forefather” and innovator of pop rap, and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status for an album. Hammer was later considered a sell-out rapper due in part to over-exposure and as a result of his increasingly gritty image as the landscape of rap changed. Nonetheless, BET ranked Hammer as the #7 “Best Dancer Of All Time”. Vibe’s “The Best Rapper Ever Tournament” declared him the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round.

Throughout his career, Hammer has managed his own recording business. As a result, he has created and produced his own acts including Oaktown’s 3.5.7, Common Unity, Special Generation, Analise, One Cause One Effect, Teabag, Dom Kimberley, Geeman, Pleasure Ellis, B Angie B, Stooge Playaz, Ho Frat Ho and Wee Wee, among others. A part of additional record labels, he has associated/collaborated/recorded with VMF, Tupac Shakur, Teddy Riley, Felton Pilate, Tha Dogg Pound, Deion Sanders, Big Daddy Kane and Jon Gibson, as well as others. In 1992, Doug E. Fresh was signed to M.C. Hammer’s Bust It Records label.

MC Hammer

October 20, 2011 by · Comments Off on MC Hammer 

MC HammerMC Hammer, It was time to hammer at the Web 2.0 Summit 2011 as MC Hammer company announced a new search engine called WIREDoo.

MC Hammer is entering the search business. The rapper and former harem pants enthusiastically announced their new search engine company called WIREDoo, on Wednesday at the Summit of San Francisco Web 2.0.

The candidate search is currently in pre-beta and not available to the public. WIREDoo, according to Hammer, will focus more on the deep search or find the relationship instead of keywords from Google and searches related link. While saying that it was an “attempt to recreate the search competition,” aware of the presence of Sergey Brin backstage, Hammer said this was an attempt to make the search experience “better.”

MC Hammer gave an example with a search for zip code 90210, which appeared schools, homes, crime rate, deeper drilling in schools revealed truancy rates, SAT scores, parental education data averaged over relevant and that was just the beginning of the search depth. Another example of use of Apple’s stock symbol showed all the funds invested in the company, the shares held and percentage of volume change.

WIREDoo motto: Find a one-time, see what is related. Hammer emphasized that point in the engine to deliver results beyond the general.

Hammer, born Stanley Burrell, a native of Bay Area Oakland, California, was influential in the outlet of rap music, but unfortunately, went bankrupt in 1996. The rapper said the former find this project two years of searching for “working” around the valley, spending time with young directors start.

The Web 2.0 Summit 2011 the theme was “data frame” and focused on consumption data and the impact on the economy. Other notable guests include Michael Dell, Steve Ballmer, Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley and Christopher Poole 4chan.

Burrell closed his presentation by saying: “Nobody is a game for a single in the valley, everyone plays for the win … big.”

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