Hammer Time! MC Hammer Performs on The Arsenio Hall Show (1989)

Jon Stewart I was born with an adult head and a tiny body. Like a Peanuts character.

Oprah I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.

Hammer Time! MC Hammer Performs on The Arsenio Hall Show (1989)

Posted by Charlie Oliver on Jun 26th, 2009 and filed under Old School, Remember When?. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry.

MC Hammer today

Now legendary MC Hammer (@mchammer) performs live on The Arsenio Hall Show when he was literally at the top of game dominating music pop charts and not yet financially bankrupt. Despite the fact that The Arsenio Hall Show was the first talk show ever to feature rap artists (when other networks refused to do the same), the audience looks more perplexed than anything else.

Unlike other celebrities who have suddenly begun using Twitter after-the-fact (and at the behest of their publicists), MC Hammer (like myself) has been on Twitter for over a year (long before the hype and Ashton Kutcher). With over 350,000 followers, MC Hammer (rather than sending out self-serving messages) tweets things that are actually thoughtful and even inspirational (and he clearly loves his kids and family). Here is his last tweet: