Because he had a popular song back in the 80s it was called super freak and the instrumetal beat to it sounded so good then MC Hammer used the same beat in a rap song he made

But rick james sounded better

Super Freak is frankly a good song , I here it on my local radio station sometime .

Anyone else heard of rick james ?

He wasn't a rapper but super freak sounded like it came from a rap postion though but i think it was new wave and pop mixed in . The song is old 1984 i believe c:happy