Susana Kennedy... On my mind: Meeting MC Hammer and his interview

Yes you guessed it, that is me standing next to MC Hammer!

Can you believe it? I was supper excited when I found out from Andrew Human (CEO of The Loeries Awards) that our MC for the sunday night final Loerie Awards was none other than the King, the Innovator and founder of the Pop Rap movement MC Hammer.

I think I still remember 90% of the lyric's in his songs and boy did I love his songs, he took the world by storm with songs like "Too Legit to Quit", "U Cant Touch This" "Have you seen her" and as I sat and chatted to him I could see why. He is extremely confident and self assured, living with the absolute knowing that he, MC Hammer is a 'Creator'.

His life to this point has been incredibly rich and filled

with gifts and wonderful experiences and he continues to

positively effect people through his work on a daily basis.

Many people asked me to ask him questions like, did he have regrets, did he miss being a performer, etc, etc, its amazing how much he has actually done in the last couple of years. Its crazy, in the entertainment industry, if you are not physically right now doing something in a massive spot light, people say: "That person used to be..." an actor or singer or performer or musician.

Pic from: http://imc.tv/518668/mc-hammer-rocks-the-indiana-state-fair/

But the reality is, entertainers are those things for their entire lives, not just a moment of there lives. It takes years and months of preparation, learning, creating behind the scenes to have something that they want to share with the world and when they do, it may be in a "grand" way or on a smaller scale. It doesn't mean it hasn't been going on all along... you've just been exposed to the magic and forgotten how much work and dedication it took to create that magic in the first place.

Pic from: http://yeahnewyork.com/author/james/
But when it comes to Hammer, he has been full steam ahead in various roles in various capacities for his entire life, both in and out of the lime light.

A few interesting facts about MC Hammer:

1. His name is Stanley Kirk Burrell and he was born on March 30th, 1962

2. MC Hammer is a record label CEO

Pic from: http://coolspotters.com/musicians/mc-hammer

3. He is a preachers, yip you heard me!

Pic from: http://cdn.tss.uproxx.com/TSS/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mc-hammer-2-540x303.jpg

4. He was a television show host and dance judge, as well as one of the co-creator's of a dance website called DanceJam.com

5. He is the first hip hop artist to achieve Diamond Status for album sales

Pic from: http://wn.com/the_genius_of_mc_hammer

And while he did all this, he continued to perform in various projects and concerts, plus assisting others with Social Media, his Ministry, various business ventures and numerous out reach programs and functions. He was also an Executive Producer of his own Reality Show called "Hammer Time" which aired in the summer of 2009.

pic from http://s.wsj.net/media/mchammer_E_20110421120221.jpg

All in all Hammer is a cool dude who is living his dream while making a difference and you have got to respect that, there are very few people who have managed to meet all their hero's and make hundreds of their wishes come true. I wish him all the best in everything that he does

and it was a great pleasure to meet him.

To watch my interview with MC Hammer check out the links below.