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8 MC Hammer Songs That Changed Hip-Hop’s Mainstream Sound.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists in hip-hop history have matched the meteoric rise and cultural impact of MC Hammer. Emerging from Oakland’s music scene in the late 1980s, he quickly evolved from a local ...
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Revisiting MC Hammer’s 1994 album, ‘The Funky Headhunter’ 30 years later

OPINION: The Oakland rapper’s most edgy album came with some controversy over his image and a legendary Speedo. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author ...
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MC Hammer Explains His Absence At Hip-Hop 50 Events: ‘I Don’t Have Patience For The Fakeness’

MC Hammer was noticeably absent from the "Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop. A previous speech he made might explain why. MC Hammer was noticeably absent from the “Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip ...