2 Legit 2 Quit Athletes: Where Are They Now?

If you were on the cutting edge of style in 1991, you weren’t caught dead without your Reebok Pumps, Zubaz in your favorite team’s colors, and an MC Hammer cassette tape in your boombox. One of Hammer’s biggest hits was 2 Legit 2 Quit. You might remember it had a video that featured a star-studded cast of cameos from sports: the who’s who of 1991, with a little bias towards The Bay Area and (for some reason) the Atlanta Falcons.


The video is 6 min long and most of the cameos are in the second half:

So we got to wondering how legit are these people today? Here is the epilogue 18 years later, for all the sports people who appeared in 2L2Q:

MC Hammer himself

In 1991:
A sports figure? Hammer was discovered as he danced in the parking lot at Oakland A’s games to raise money to attend games, and the owners took a liking to his entrepreneurial spirit. He worked as a batboy and an informant to the front office for nearly a decade. By 1991, MC Hammer was a rap phenomenon whose previous album had gone certified diamond (10 million copies sold) off the hit U Can’t Touch This.
Legitness:
Very. Hammer currently runs an private equity startup, and still performs occasional concerts. Every so often he appears in a self-deprecating commercial making fun of his infamous squander of fortune.

Roger Craig

In 1991:
Roger Craig was the star running back for the 49ers throughout the 80s, and a teammate of Jerry Rice. By 1991 he was entering the twilight of his career, playing that year for the LA Raiders, before spending his 2 final years with the Vikings.
Legitness:
Very. Craig currently spends his days working in marketing for a Silicon Valley software company, Tibco Software.

Ronnie Lott

In 1991:
Lott was another star of 49ers in the 80s as their marquee free safety. By 1991 he was also with the LA Raiders, having already won his Superbowls with the 9ers and played in 10 Pro-Bowls.
Legitness:
Very. Today he manages $2.4B in private equity investments and owns a handful of car dealerships.

Chris Mullin

In 1991:
Mullin was another late 80s/early 90s staple who spent his best years with the Golden State Warriors. In 1992 he won a gold medal with the Olympic Dream Team in Barcelona, which was his second Olympic gold along with the 1984 team.
Legitness:
Very. Mullin currently works in the Warriors’ front office as Executive VP of Basketball Operations.

Lynette Woodard

In 1991:
Woodard had been a star for Kansas in the early 80s, and won a gold for the US Olympic basketball team in 1984, as well as a FIBA championship for the US in 1990. She was also famous for becoming the first woman to play for the Harlem Globetrotters.
Legitness:
Very. Woodard is currently a consultant for A. G. Edwards, Inc. in her hometown of Witchita, KS.

David Robinson

In 1991:
Robinson had just finished his service commitment after graduating from the Annapolis, and was a second-year sensation in the NBA. He was making his second All-Star team in 2 years, before going on to 10 All-Star teams, 2 NBA titles, 1 MVP, and numerous awards
Legitness:
Very. He and his wife have become prominent philantropists since his NBA retirement, including the founding of a school. Oh, and Robinson just made the Hall of Fame this year.

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

In 1991: The hottest pillars of the greater Dallas community since Debbie.
Legitness: Still hot.

Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders

In 1991: The hottest pillars of the greater Atlanta community since ever.
Legitness: Still hot.

Jerry Rice

In 1991:
Rice was well on his way to 13 Pro-bowls in his Hall of Fame career with the 49ers.
Legitness:
Legit Hall of Famer. The only embarrassing things Jerry Rice ever did were wearing cornrows with a receding hairline, and participate in Dancing With the Stars (he finished as the overall runner up to Drew Lachey of 98 Degrees).

Rickey Henderson

In 1991:
The future first-ballot Hall of Famer was only 12 years into his 24 year MLB career. 1991 was the year he passed Lou Brock to hold the career stolen base record. 1991 however was Henderson’s last year as an All-Star, even though he played until 2003.
Legitness:
Legit Hall of Famer. After a short stint coaching the Mets, Henderson currently enjoys his retirement.

Deion Sanders

In 1991:
1991 was the beginning of prime time for Prime Time. In that year, Sanders made his first Pro-Bowl team as a CB for the Falcons, and was also a part time outfielder for the Braves. He went on to win 2 Superbowls, play in a World Series, and produce 2 horrible rap videos.
Legitness:
Legit enough. Deion currently hones his talking skills on the NFL Network, and is regularly involved in high profile ventures such as the reality show with his wife.

Jerry Glanville

In 1991:
Glanville was the revered coach of the Altanta Falcons who took them to the playoffs in 91, and had already worked a decades-long coaching career before that point. He was known for his all-black outfits, and even endorsed a random Sega Genesis game: Jerry Glanville’s Pigskin Footbrawl.
Legitness:
Legit enough. Today he is the head coach for Portland State, but the coaching legend only went 4-7 last year. He also had a brief second career in the 90s as the owner/driver of a NASCAR Craftsman Series Truck.

Isiah Thomas

In 1991:
Isiah Thomas was the face of the Detroit Pistons, having led his Motor City Bad Boys to 2 NBA championships in the 2 previous seasons. Thomas had already been an NBA All-Star for every year except his rookie year, and just a few years earlier had won the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award for his outstanding service to the community in 1987.
Legitness:
Legit hall of famer who should’ve quit while he was ahead. Since his retirement he has gone on to be one of the worst executives in NBA history, facilitating the downfall of the New York Knicks as the perennial doormat they have been throughout the 2000s. His former employer, the Knicks, also had to pay $11.6M for his sexual harassment advances against another employee. Thomas was recently hired to coach at Florida International University.

José Canseco

In 1991:
Canseco was one of the Oakland A’s biggest stars, and he shared the limelight with Mark McGwire and Rickey Henderson. He was a power hitter who was usually good for 40+ homeruns a season.
Legitness:
Sketchy at best. Although he is considered a pariah for snitching on his baseball teammates in his book, Juiced, many of of his claims regarding steroids have been supported, verified, or otherwise vindicated as new evidence comes to light.

Andre Rison

In 1991:
Rison was the star WR for the Falcons in 1991 and a teammate of Deion Sanders. Like Sanders, 1991 was a Pro-Bowl year for the star.
Legitness:
Total deadbeat. Rison’s most famous incident was in 1994 when his Atlanta mansion was famously burned down by his girlfriend, the late Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes of TLC, in a fit of rage. Rison has since been arrested numerous times for failing to pay $127,000 in child support for his three children, and as recently as December 2008 he was arrested for public intoxication.

Kirby Puckett

In 1991:
By 1991 Puckett had gone to 6 of his 10 All-Star Games, and 5 of his 6 Gold Glove Awards. He had just won his second World Series that year
Legitness:
Legit hall of famer who completely unraveled until his death. After retiring in 1995, Puckett did not handle his post-athletic career well. He had numerous public incidents such as groping a woman in a restaurant bathroom, and allegedly performing lewd acts in public. Puckett’s weight ballooned to 350 pounds and he eventually died of a stroke less than 11 years after walking away from MLB.

Roger Clemens

In 1991:
Clemens was a star with the Boston Red Sox and one of the biggest stars in MLB. He already had 4 of his 11 All-Star selections and 3 of his 7 Cy Young Awards since his pro career began in 1984, and he was still 8 years away from his first of 2 World Series rings. Since 1991, Clemens went on to have a Hall of Fame career--or so we would assume.
Legitness:
Worse than Puckett.
--In Jose Canseco’s 2005 book, Juiced, Canseco claimed Clemens was an expert in PED use.
--In 2007, Clemens was named in the Mitchell Report, specifically with his trainer Brian McNamee stating he had given Clemens winstrol in 1998, 2000, and 2001.
--in January 2009, a federal grand jury convened to determine whether Clemens lied under oath
--In April 2008, NY Daily News reported that Clemens had an affair with 15 year old country singer, Mindy McCready
--Numerous other women were alleged to have affairs with Clemens, including the ex-wife of John Daly
Towards the end of his career and since his retirement, numerous people who have worked with Clemens have exposed his diva behavior or expressed their dislike for him, even as recently as last week. The suspicion surrounding his steroid use has effectively put his Hall of Fame credentials in doubt.

And that’s all, folks.

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