MC Hammer

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Apparently you can touch this -- at least if you're a cop. MC Hammer (real name: Stanley Kirk Burrell) was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 21 in Dublin, Calif., on suspicion of obstructing an officer in the performance of their duties and resisting an officer. But he says it was a case of racial profiling.

Given that 'Gangnam Style' is one of the most popular songs of 2012, it's not surprising that Psy was tapped to close last night's American Music Awards. But it WAS totally surprising when MC Hammer joined him onstage for an awesome mashup featuring 'Too Legit to Quit.'

Ed Lee was appointed San Francisco’s interim mayor in January when elected mayor Gavin Newsom took over as California’s lieutenant governor. Now Lee wants the job full-time, and is running for the office in November’s election. In other words, as MC Hammer once said, Lee is ’2 Legit 2 Quit.’ And, you guessed it, MC Hammer’s 1991 ode to stick-to-itiveness is also the 59-year old’s campaign theme so

Devoted fans of the clown-themed rap-metal group Insane Clown Posse gathered in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois for the Gathering of the Juggalos, an infamous four-day celebration of all things ICP. The weekend’s unlikely star? MC Hammer.