I know a lot of people started hating on M.C. Hammer for crossing over during his hey day and here's (I feel) my reason why that was, I truly believe that is was 'the way' he crossed over that rubbed fans and many in the Hip Hop community the wrong way and for that, many decided to go on the attack. Now don't get me wrong, Hammer was cool, when he first came out with "Feel My Power/Let Get It Started" he was getting his props and the 'disrespect' at that time was at a minumum, but once he put out, "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt Him", that's when everyone started to go after him. Even his live shows (at that time) were getting 'heavy criticism' for being too much like a huge Vegas show, with the big "lavish" costumes, a backup band with backup singers and more dancers than you can count. And it would fair no better when he released "2 Legit 2 Quit" in late '91. And rumors spirring around about him losing so much money would only make things worse than they are now and things would fairing no better when rappers like 3rd Bass and ice Cube started attacking him on their records and it would only get worst when he put out the "Hammerman" cartoon, which honestly was not a great cartoon, IMO. But I have to give it to him, he has done a lot for Hip Hop in such a short amount of time and truly cared for his own community, despite the backalsh he faced during his time on top.

[Edited 9/28/23 14:47pm]