Biography of MS Hammer

He stood at the origins of this genre and went a difficult path from grandiose success in his youth to oblivion and financial collapse in the mature years, but the failures did not break the singer - he accepted all the blows of fate and from the cheeky rapper, who was charged with money and swimming in glory, turned into a Christian preacher. Childhood and youth The real name of the musician - Stanley Kirk Berell.

He was born on March 30 Cities in Auckland, California, in a believing family. Parents were in the Pentecostal Church and regularly took their son with them to worship. In childhood, MC Hammer - “Hammer” - was given to him by the comrades in the baseball team in honor of the player of Hank Aron, to whom he was very similar in appearance. Young Stanley really wanted to play on the field, but the team was already equipped, and he got only a place among technical staff - the boy watched the state of the bit and other sports equipment.

Stanley's music was deeply imbued with the faith of his parents and the first music group decided to establish precisely in order to convey gospel truths to street youth. Together, young people recorded the song Son of the King, which later became a hit. In m, he broke away from like -minded people to record the Feel My Power album. The record was from Felton Pilate Production by a circulation of 60 thousand.

The musician sold entries on his own, spreading among friends, offering at concerts or even on the street from his car.

After the debut, the young rapper attracted the attention of producers. They appreciated the quality of the songs and its energetic, incendiary performances in public, and already in the year the contractor was offered a Capitol Records contract. In the year, the rapper rapper rapper became the owner of a diamond disk-a symbol that the number of his albums sold reached 10 million.

The colleagues in the musical workshop reacted disapprovingly and even ridiculed it-in those years of rap culture, many considered a “low” street genre. The first loud success was the beginning of a grand career. Songs from it were led by Billboard chart and brought the musician 3 Grammy awards. All tickets for the rapper’s concerts were bought up, barely going on sale, the halls were scored by the public to capacity.

In the year, the musician debuted as an actor, playing in the film One Tough Bastard as a drug dealer, and subsequently played 4 more similar characters in other paintings. Nevertheless, over time, his departure from religion and church became obvious. MC Hammer began to earn a lot of money, and not only luxury came to his life, but also vices - a passion for drugs, alcohol. His next album to LEGIT to Quit sold in the amount of 3 million copies.

The figure seems to be rather big, but taking into account the previous success it was a clear decline. In the year, the musician climbed into lawsuits with Kevin Christian on copyright, which ultimately led to a change in the recording company. He threw MC from the stage name of the letter and decided to experiment. Later, his discography was replenished with an Inside Out plate, and the singer overtook a complete failure - she was bought so little that the label tore a contract with the rapper.

The financial affairs of the musician began to worsen rapidly. Over the years of popularity, Hammer was accustomed to a luxurious life and all this time spent money carelessly - he had 17 cars, a luxurious house and 2 helicopters, and now the singer was in the need to pay giant debts. The rapper did not leave the scene and found a label consonant to cooperate with it.

Death Row Records released his next disc, but the former glory did not return to him. Just a year later, he returned to the company EMI, where he issued a collection of hits, but could not correct things. Personal life is married to a musician, with his wife Stephanie Fuller, they grow five children. In the year, his wife fell ill with cancer. This was a heavy blow to Hammer, who already worried about the best times in his work and tried to escape from financial collapse.

The wife’s illness pushed him to rethink life. He remembered religious dogmas vaccinated in childhood, and decided: all his troubles from the fact that he forgot about God. This was the beginning of a cool turn in his biography - the subsequent years became the spiritual revival of the musician. From the rapper, he became a preacher and announced that now MC letters in his name is a prefix popular among rappers, meaning Master of Ceremonies - the owner of parties, the host should be understood as Man of Christ - a man of Christ.

He did not refuse music - she became an instrument of his new work. Soon Stefani managed to defeat cancer, and in the new song He Brought Me Out Hammer expressed the delight that overwhelmed him from its healing. The new Family Affair album managed to sell only in the amount of thousand. He began to organize weekly meetings with youth at the California Christian Center and released his book Enemies of the Father, and also publicly made criticism of Eminem’s colleagues and Basa Raims, accusing them of disgracelessness.

MC Hammer is now the musician continues to do what he loves, but rarely appears in public.The last large -scale “output” today was its emergence at the Cth Ceremony of American Music Awards. He is quite prosperous in his personal life and, together with his family, lives in a ranch in California. MC Hammer in the year now the former world star of RAPA lives modestly, raises children and works in the local church.

He leads accounts on social networks, including Instagram, but he does not have so many subscribers. Photos and interviews of Hammer rarely appear in the media, and basically it is not musical, but religious portals and publications.