Who sampled Super Freak?

Built on the opening riff of Super Freak, repeated all the way through. Rick James got a writing credit.

Super Freak · Rick James, 1981

What it became

Sampled by U Can't Touch This (MC Hammer). Built on the opening riff of Super Freak, repeated all the way through. Rick James got a writing credit. Source: Wikipedia: U Can't Touch This

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