Hip-hop comedian and social media phenomenon MC Hammersmith (real name Will Naameh) will now embark on his biggest tour yet with brand new show, Ice Ice Nepo Baby, playing over 30 shows across the UK and Ireland next spring/summer, including London’s Hackney Empire on 11th June 2027. Posh West London’s leading freestyle rapper (with over half a billion views online) will also take the show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August, playing Assembly George Square Studios, Studio 3 from 6th – 30th August (excl 12th, 19th & 26th) at 3.05pm.
Fan pre-sale starts on Thursday 28th May, with general sale from 10am on Friday 29th May. Tickets for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe are on-sale now at mchammersmith.com
Alongside London’s Hackney Empire, MC Hammersmith will play three shows at the Salford Lowry, and venues including Leeds Grand Theatre, Newcastle Tyne Theatre and Opera House, Nottingham Playhouse, Brighton Corn Exchange, Southampton Mayflower Studios, Dublin Sugar Club and Belfast Limelight.
When MC Hammersmith turned 18, his parents (MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice) revealed he was adopted (!). His two famous dads helped him ascend to the top of the rap game. Now he must embark on a quest to find his biological family, the only way he knows how: by performing an hour of improvised hip hop comedy based on audience suggestions.
The past year has seen MC Hammersmith support Jason Manford on his live arena tour (including the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, where he performed to over 10,000 people), sell-out the entire run of his current UK tour including several extra dates, Hippity Hoppity Get Off My Property, and continuously rack up millions of views online for his mind-boggling raps, garnering over 1.7 million followers across social channels.
In recent years, MC Hammersmith has performed alongside many famous hip-hop and rap artists – most notably rapping for Dave in a viral “Guess The Musician” Beta Squad video (which has over 14.7 million views on YouTube), and was invited to freestyle at R.A. The Rugged Man’s London live show.
Aside from rapping, MC Hammersmith writes for acclaimed YouTube comedy series Epic Rap Battles of History and regularly performs improv comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and beyond with three of the biggest touring improv shows in the world: Baby Wants Candy, Shamilton and The Spontaneous Players. He has also been seen and heard on: Patrick Kielty (BBC Radio 5 Live), Matt Chorley (BBC Radio 5 Live), Can You Hear Me Now? (BBC Radio 4), Comedians’ Rap Battles (BBC iPlayer), The Late Show with Ewen Cameron (STV). As a live performer, he has won the Scottish Comedy Award for Best Variety (2020) and Best Newcomer (2018), and the 2017 UK Improv Smackdown Championship.
