Lost MC Hammer Tapes Discovered in Modesto Storage Unit

2024-01-31 00:58:40

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• Someone appears to have discovered lost MC Hammer recordings (and some of his old parachute pants!) in a storage unit in Modesto. Two “pickers” who buy the unknown contents of storage units found the items, hich reportedly include “30 master tapes labeled Death Row Records with possible unreleased music from MC Hammer, DJ Quick, and Snoop Dogg.” [KRON4]
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Image: IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – JULY 13: Rapper MC Hammer performs onstage during Hammer’s House Party at Five Point Amphitheater on July 13, 2019 in Irvine, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

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