MC Hammer once came through for James Brown when he was at one of his lowest points, and Brown’s son, Darryl Brown, revealed the reasons behind that.

We all know that James Brown had a major influence on a plethora of artists with his style of dancing, showmanship, and fashion sense. Everyone from Michael Jackson, Prince and of course, MC Hammer, took pages out of The Godfather of Soul’s handbook. And because of Brown’s influence, Hammer showed his deep gratitude by doing what Brown’s son, Darryl, (pictured below playing guitar, with Hammer) explained in his book, “Inside the Godfather of Soul: Never Before Told Stories by James Brown”:

Via WWD– MC Hammer was another big fan [of James Brown], giving him $300,000 when Brown was released from jail in 1990. Daryl Brown (James’ son) said, “He [Hammer] did it because he just loved James Brown. He has said if it wasn’t for James Brown, he wouldn’t be here — the music, the dancing everything.”

Wow! That was extremely honorable of Hammer to do that for Brown!

This just goes to show that James Brown’s unselfish sharing of his gifts with the world, is like the gift that keeps on giving. Because of the fact that Mr. Brown gave, other people saw that, and in turn, wanted to give back to him out of sheer gratitude.

Moral of the story: We all have gifts that matter and can help to continue to push humanity and society forward. It’s up to us to recognize our gifts and share them with the next person. Major props and a huge thanks to the late, great “Godfather of Soul” for being a great example of that.

Reminisce with us to a few of artists who were influenced by Mr. Brown at work…

The Jackson’s 1968 audition tape for Motown Records. Michael performed James Brown’s “I Got The Feeling” and crushed it!

Classic Michael Jackson and Usher performance. This is a clear example of James Brown’s direct and indirect influence on other artists. Usher patterned his dance moves after MJ…and MJ admittedly patterned a lot of his style after Brown….

Like we said earlier, James Brown’s gift is the gift that keeps on giving.

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