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Hard-core rappers who fall for the Hammer are hard to find. Public Enemy's Chuck D is strongly in his corner, but Hammer has been called out by the rap press ("cheesy, pop-oriented production") and torched by fellow rappers from Digital Underground to M.C. Serch and 3rd Bass, who kept the heat high in the pointedly titled Gas Face. Hammer handles such criticism with equanimity. "Rather than cross over ((into the pop market)), let's say that I expanded," he suggests. "My music caught on because the people are ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: M.C. Hammer: U Can't Touch Him | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

Despite these fault lines, some people, such as Guilford County Commission Chairman Chuck Forrester, think black complaints about the divisions of race are groundless. "They're taking back more from society than they've given," he says. "We could be doing better, but white people nationally should know they are doing a hell of a lot. And we shouldn't be afraid to ask the black community, 'What more do you want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greensboro, North Carolina The Legacy of Segregation | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...turning point came sophomore year. Chuck became bigger and stronger, a little faster, a bit smoother with the puck. None of those things were enough. This was the winter of 1986, when even John Murphy and Scott McCormack--both first-liners this season and owners of NCAA championship rings--were relegated to the JV level. Coach Bill Cleary was drowning in talent--and Chuck Fletcher wasn't even on his list...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Playing Under Dad's Watchful Eye | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...After that year, I knew I wouldn't ever make it, so I took the year off," says Chuck, who went home for the 1988 Winter Olympics. He was a merchandiser for the Canadian Olympic team that winter and has since put in a summer working with the Vancouver Canucks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Playing Under Dad's Watchful Eye | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...When Chuck came back, I think he had a different outlook about school and the game," Hampe says. "I think when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Playing Under Dad's Watchful Eye | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

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