will.i.am and MC Hammer have lots in widespread. They’ve each bought tens of millions of albums and wracked up billions of streams mixed, certain, however they’ve additionally pushed — and proceed to push — the boundaries of music, expertise, and fashionable tradition at giant into daring new instructions.
Within the newest episode of Uproxx‘s collection Visionaires Moments, will.i.am offers his flowers to the person identified throughout the globe as merely Hammer.
“He gave us the trail to cartoons, motion pictures, MTV Music Awards, Grammys,” will.i.am mentioned in regards to the “U Can’t Contact This” and “2 Legit 2 Stop” rapper. “He’s the primary freaking hip-hop international Michael Jackson phenomenon. You get no larger than Hammer.”
Again within the day, a younger MC Hammer labored for the Oakland Athletic’s baseball crew and would carry out at golf equipment whereas on the street with the crew. He later shared what he discovered from being round baseball scouts with will.i.am.
“He’s like, ‘I scout all of the IT schools. I am going to Georgia Tech, Caltech.’ I’m like, ‘Wait, what?’ He’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s the place you discover the expertise. Then I deliver that expertise up right here to the Bay. That’s why I’m MC Hammer up right here.’ I’m like, ‘This dude executed crack the code,’” will.i.am shared. “So, this idea of MC Hammer’s broke. Nah, n*gga, y’all caught up within the mistaken hoopla. MC Hammer, and you can be rewarded. That dude.”
You may watch Visionaires Moments with will.i.am on MC Hammer within the video above.
