MC Hammer brought out a crowd of thousands at the state fair Sept. 3 performing his classics in a live concert.

Fans who were unable to buy tickets to the show, which quickly sold out, stood in a line that wrapped around the concert area starting at 3:30 to get a wristband for lawn seating and standing.

"I'm so gonna get my dance on," said Hammer fan Janelle Tann. "It's like a childhood rewind, and I get to see an artist that I adored when I was growing up. It's a dream."

Hammer performed some of his greatest hits, including, "To Legit to Quit," "Cant Touch This" and "Pumps and a Bump."

"Sacramento is like home," Hammer said. "I've been coming her for 20 or 30 years, that's why I agreed to do this."

Throughout his performance he walked through the crowd taking pictures with people, singing to them and dancing side by side. By the end of the show, he had brought close to the whole audience up onto the stage to dance and sing. At one point, he even told the security to guards to just let people keep coming on stage.

"I don't do performances, I do parties, so everybody can have fun," Hammer said.

At a more somber moment in the show, he payed tribute to the late Michael Jackson as well as his close personal friends Tupac and Luther Vandross.

His style for this show was a bit more toned-down than those of the past. Everyone wore fitted white pants and black and white tops. There were no Hammer pants on the stage this time, but fairgoers who wore Hammer pants received free admission.

"When me and my friends would go to the club, we started seeing all these baggy pants, so we decided to take it up a notch and get real baggy, and that's where Hammer pants came from," Hammer said.

Hammer also contributes to many local charities in the Sacramento area.

"Me and my wife like to focus on homelessness, breast cancer awareness and hunger. Those are important," said Hammer said.

He has also dabbled in television lately, starring in his new show "Hammertime."

"If there was anything that would surprise people, that they didn't know about me before, they know now," Hammer said. "I think people would have been surprised at how important academics is to me."

"I want people to associate everything I do together, from music to TV to helping people," Hammer said.

MC Hammer's down-to-earth attitude and love for his fans showed through during his performance, and everyone around had appreciation for the legend.

"He is definitely too legit to quit," Tann said.