Los Angeles Times
May 1, 1991, Wednesday, Home Edition

MORNING REPORT:  POP/ROCK

By ALEENE MacMINN

   Hammering Home a Point: Sinead O'Connor, the controversial Irish rock star
who lived in Los Angeles for approximately six months, has returned to London --
and she's sending the $2,600 air ticket bill to rapper M. C. Hammer. Angered by
various O'Connor criticisms of his music and image, the rapper said in a March
interview in The Times that O'Connor ought to "go home" and that he'd pay her
way.  A spokeswoman for O'Connor said Tuesday the singer read the interview and
thought it would be only fitting to take Hammer up on his offer. Elaine Shock,
the singer's publicist, said O'Connor returned to London, where she lived before
Los Angeles, so her 4-year-old son could be closer to his father, musician John
Reynolds. Hammer's management firm in Oakland had no immediate comment. ALEENE
MacMINN