MC Hammer was the man who truly brought rap music to a mass pop audience. Hammer recorded his first album, Feel My Power, in 1987 producing an R&B hit in "Turn This Mutha Out." Nothing could have foreshadowed the phenomenon of Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em. Its first single, "U Can't Touch This," blatantly copped most of its hooks from Rick James' funk classic "Super Freak," yet Hammer's added catch phrases (and young listeners' unfamiliarity with the original song) helped make it a smash. "U Can't Touch This" dominated radio and MTV during 1990 in a way few rap singles ever had, and won two Grammys (Best R&B Song, Best Solo Rap Performance) The next two singles, "Have You Seen Her" and "Pray," followed "U Can't Touch This" into the Top Ten, eventually pushing sales of Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em past the ten-million mark and making it the number one album of the year. Hammer dropped the "MC" from his name and used more live instrumentation on his 1991 follow-up album, Too Legit to Quit, which sold very well and produced a sizable hit in the title track. Hammer scored his last big hit with "Addams Groove," the theme to the film version of The Addams Family. Hammer released a new album, the patriotic-themed Active Duty, through his own WorldHit label in late 2001. In 2009, Hammer released DanceJamthMusic, and he continues to tour the world.