MC Hammer: 2 Broke 2 Side with the One Percenters?

The music industry has few cautionary tales as dramatic as the MC Hammer story.

The ’90s rap star swiped a choice Rick James riff and rode it to the top of the music charts with “U Can’t Touch This.” His career crashed a few years later, forcing him to declare bankruptcy despite having made – and spent – millions over a relatively short time span.

Now, Hammer is using his dulcet tones to support Occupy Oakland, one of the country’s more violent chapters of the Occupy Wall Street movement – and that’s saying something.

He’s no longer at the top of the pop charts. Instead, he’s sandwiched between his fellow Occupiers and local law enforcement. And, according to this news report, he may be in serious need of Lasik eye surgery.

After thousands of peaceful protestors rallied and danced in the streets on Wednesday, MC Hammer found himself in the middle of a police standoff before a splinter group clashed with authorities, setting fires, spraying graffiti and shattering windows.

“It’s tense down here .. I’m lost for words … I’m (at)occupyoakland,” Hammer tweeted, posting pictures of officers forming a barricade. “The people are peaceful .. I’m in the camp and now in the streets.”