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Frankly, if anything served as a refreshing breath of fresh air, it was the news that onetime rap demigod MC Hammer now has plans to reinvent himself as a "Silicon Valley entrepreneur," as in fact we all do. In this instance, the uniquely dressed "U Can't Touch This" rapdude plans to launch a fascinating website called DanceJam.com, apparently set to focus on the burgeoning market of dance videos, which are rumored to be popular on sites like YouTube. The strategy? To grab some of that "rapidly growing Internet advertising market," which will certainly come in handy for Hammer--or Stanley Burrell, as he is called by some--as the lovable rapman went bankrupt back in 1996 with close to $14 million in debt. It warmed the cockles of our heart to read Hammer's candid commentary regarding his new start-up venture, and indeed his take on this whole "Intenet" thing in the first place. "There is no high-tech lingo or business strategy that you can talk that is above my head," says the man, "I breathe this stuff." Though such talk seemed a tad boastful, Hammer upped the credibility ante by additionally offering: "When everybody started raving about the Internet, I always wondered, `If it's so great, why can't you see my videos on the Internet?'" The ensuing silence was undoubtedly something we should all treasure in our own unique way.
Frankly, if anything served as a refreshing breath of fresh air, it was the news that onetime rap demigod MC Hammer now has plans to reinvent himself as a "Silicon Valley entrepreneur," as in fact we all do. In this instance, the uniquely dressed "U Can't Touch This" rapdude plans to launch a fascinating website called DanceJam.com, apparently set to focus on the burgeoning market of dance videos, which are rumored to be popular on sites like YouTube. The strategy? To grab some of that "rapidly growing Internet advertising market," which will certainly come in handy for Hammer--or Stanley Burrell, as he is called by some--as the lovable rapman went bankrupt back in 1996 with close to $14 million in debt. It warmed the cockles of our heart to read Hammer's candid commentary regarding his new start-up venture, and indeed his take on this whole "Intenet" thing in the first place. "There is no high-tech lingo or business strategy that you can talk that is above my head," says the man, "I breathe this stuff." Though such talk seemed a tad boastful, Hammer upped the credibility ante by additionally offering: "When everybody started raving about the Internet, I always wondered, `If it's so great, why can't you see my videos on the Internet?'" The ensuing silence was undoubtedly something we should all treasure in our own unique way.