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Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story

  • TV Movie
  • 2001
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
371
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Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story (2001)
BiographyDrama

This film is an unbiased look into the rise and fall of late 80's and early 90's rap superstar MC Hammer. It begins showing Hammer as a ball boy for his hometown Oakland Athletics, and ends ... Read allThis film is an unbiased look into the rise and fall of late 80's and early 90's rap superstar MC Hammer. It begins showing Hammer as a ball boy for his hometown Oakland Athletics, and ends with his departure from Death Row Records. It delves deep into the ruthless dirty business... Read allThis film is an unbiased look into the rise and fall of late 80's and early 90's rap superstar MC Hammer. It begins showing Hammer as a ball boy for his hometown Oakland Athletics, and ends with his departure from Death Row Records. It delves deep into the ruthless dirty business of record companies and dirty sanchez's. The most moving scene in the film is when Hammer... Read all

  • Director
    • Artie Mandelberg
  • Writers
    • Eugene Corr
    • John Wierick
  • Stars
    • Romany Malco
    • Tangi Miller
    • Royale Watkins
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    371
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Artie Mandelberg
    • Writers
      • Eugene Corr
      • John Wierick
    • Stars
      • Romany Malco
      • Tangi Miller
      • Royale Watkins
    • 17User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Romany Malco
    Romany Malco
    • M.C. Hammer
    Tangi Miller
    Tangi Miller
    • Stephanie
    Royale Watkins
    Kareem J. Grimes
    Kareem J. Grimes
    • Freddie
    • (as Kareem Grimes)
    Lamont Bentley
    • Tupac '2Pac' Shakur
    Robert Bailey Jr.
    Robert Bailey Jr.
    • Young MC Hammer
    Dennis Letts
    Dennis Letts
    Lex Blair
    • Young Wesley
    Evan McMillan
    • Young Freddy
    Billy Thomas
    • 'T'
    Stephan Jeanpierre
    • Young 'T'
    Cynthia Dorn
    • Betty
    Olivia Reed
    • Akeiba
    Tony Norris
    Tony Norris
    • Record Promoter
    Constance Jones
    • Joy Bailey
    Darrell Jones
    • Crew Member #3
    Jesse Adams
    • Chris
    Marco Perella
    Marco Perella
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    • Director
      • Artie Mandelberg
    • Writers
      • Eugene Corr
      • John Wierick
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    dastrike30

    MC Hammer Tupac

    Actually MC Hammer and Tupac were down in 1996 when Hammer signed with Death Row. I have heard the album and it is tight. It is definitely a MC Hammer Death Row album. Hammer and Tupac were really close, like brothers. MC Hammer had spoken to Tupac right before he died and expressed concern, because Tupac got in an incident. MC Hammer believes that he could have did something to stop it, and he blamed the media for hyping up east coast-west coast rivalry. A person posting in 2001 who doesn't know that MC Hammer signed with death row, and was down with Tupac? Where have you been? He even goes back longer with Suge Knight. Suge Knight was there in 1994 at MC Hammer's house for the Funky Headhunter release. Suge Knight was saying that He was down with Hammer, and that Hammer was family, and that other artists were jealous, and trying to destroy him (like Too Short, who Hammer dogs in his death row album.) Hammer is from Oakland. Hammer is real. Do a search on Youtube for MC Hammer Tupac. Hammer talks about his relationship with Tupac, and after hearing that, you'll gain a lot of respect for Tupac. But any body who doesn't know that Tupac and Hammer were down must not have into rap in the 1990s.
    akakasax

    Inaccuracies Galore!

    I've followed M.C. Hammer's career from start to finish.The film was totally inaccurate.We all know that Hammer started with only 4 back up dancers(Oaktown 357 & Ace Juice)if I'm not mistaken and of course 2 Bigg M.C. How could they leave them out.That killed the entire movie for me.
    tghawkjr

    good biography, nice family movie, music and dancing was great

    I liked the movie, despite anything wrong with it, I thought it was a good show and had like only one cuss word in it or something.

    I think if it was a national movie and not a cable movie a lot more would have been put into it, I thought Lamont Bentley looked a little like Tupac, he did a great acting in bringing out the late singer. I thought in all it was a good biography and wouldn't mind owning it and watching it over and over again.
    7kenandraf

    Average TV movie

    Average TV movie production.Very standard production that could have been done better but the producers decided not too risk too much effort and money for this one.Still,if an MC HAMMER fan would watch this movie not expecting a masterpiece production,heeeeey IT'S ALL GOOD.It's just a little drama on a controversial POSITIVE VS NEGATIVE RAP topic and a good study on the ability of mainstream markets taste to change overnight.Also a good study on overnight multi-millionaires and the materialist/spiritualist balancing act.......
    teedoffguy

    Yeah, Like Half of That Stuff Happened

    The acting wasn't great, but at least the history followed MC Hammer up to his bankruptcy..

    And then we jump to 1994. First of all, Tupac didn't join Death Row until early 1996, and even then I never remembered him being that down with Hammer. And why were they talking about the Tyson fight while Hammer was shooting "Pumps and a Bump?" The video came out in 1994, when Tyson was still in jail!

    I guess this is what we should expect from a VH1 movie...

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    • Trivia
      The name of this movie comes from M.C. Hammer's 4th studio album "Too Legit to Quit," released in 1991. It is also the name of the title track and first single from that same album, although the spelling of that song is "2 Legit 2 Quit".
    • Goofs
      The controversial video for "Pumps and a Bump" was released before MC Hammer signed with Death Row Records and became acquainted with Suge Knight's gang. The song was released by Giant Records in 1994.

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    • Release date
      • December 19, 2001 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • MC Hammer igaz története
    • Filming locations
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies
      • Nightstar Productions
      • Wilshire Court Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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