2008: The year the Internet finally catches up with MC Hammer’s vision

Hammer Time: Ex-rap star choreographs new career at Web startup

San Francisco (AP) — MC Hammer hasn’t topped the music charts since the early 1990s, but the former rap star says he has another hit in him — only this time around he’ll produce it as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur.

Hammer, whose real name is Stanley Burrell, is choreographing a new career as co-founder and chief strategy officer of Menlo Park-based DanceJam.com.

The Web site, scheduled to debut in mid-January, will try to upstage YouTube and become the Internet’s hub for sharing and watching dance videos.

Wait for it…

Until he saw what YouTube was doing, Hammer had doubts about the Web’s entertainment value. “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?’” Hammer said. “It looks like technology has finally caught up with my vision.”

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(That’s it. I’m now officially convinced 2008 will be the best year ever.)