MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice (and their respective albums) are other examples. Except they don't even get the nostalgia mention. Rick Ross gave Hammer the most relevance he's had in years.
Hammer and Vanilla Ice are the standard bearers for this thread. Shoulda been the first two people listed.
nah.
hammer had impact.
slightly similar impact to kanye actually. yet, i see kanye getting luv in here.