Gamma is releasing the 16th album by the Queen of Christmas. And with her new single, “Type Dangerous,” she’s coming for the ...

When the Edmonton Oilers needed a spark to open the Stanley Cup Final, Leon Draisaitl scored just more than a minute in. When ...

Billing himself as MC Hammer, he recorded his debut album Feel ... and energetic riffs sampled mostly from Rick James' funk classic "Super Freak" (1981), "U Can't Touch This" dominated the ...

The worlds of sports and music will collide in Tucson this weekend, as MC Hammer and Deion Sanders reunite ahead of the highly anticipated Arizona vs. Colorado game. For Buffaloes fans ...

Rick James was a true musical force ... James had seemingly been poised for a career revival thanks to “Super Freak” being sampled in MC Hammer’s 1990 hit “U Can’t Touch This.” Unsurprisingly, James’ ...

Additionally, MC Hammer employed a staff of 200 people, costing him between $500,000 and $1 million per month. The Turning Point In His Career By 1996, his excessive spending would land him in ...

The Rick James documentary B—-in’: The Sound and Fury of Rick ... In 1990, he received an unexpected windfall when MC Hammer sampled “Super Freak” for his hit “U Can’t Touch This.” But just a year ...

Last season, for example, they had a Warriors game in the Bay Area and used it as an excuse to play Oakland-native MC Hammer ... The studio played Rick Ross because he is from Miami and O ...

Stokely Williams as Rick James in Je'Caryous Johnson and ... Lionel Ritchie, and MC Hammer, who sampled James in his ubiquitous 1990 hit “You Can’t Touch This.” Appearances by Stevie Wonder ...

For the touring “Super Freak: The Rick James Story” at The National ... But that award came only when MC Hammer stole its beat for his even better-selling “U Can’t Touch This.” ...

Read more opinions on theGrio. The MC Hammer really is one you had to experience in real time. It’s hard to explain to young people who haven’t heard of him, but Oakland, Calif.’s ...