These Are the Cars Mentioned Most (and Least) in Hip-Hop Music
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If Car and Driver exists at the intersection of the automobile and the clever manipulation of the English language, then we're sharing that corner with a huge cadre of rap and hip-hop artists for whom writing about vehicles they admire, own, or have owned (and dissing the cars their rivals drive) is an art. We've combed through more than four decades of data from Genius.com, an online database of song lyrics, to get a look at how our musical comrades see the car world.
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1) Audi
Most-mentioned vehicles: TT (6), R8 (5), A8 (4), 5000 (4)
Rhymes with: Cloudy, outtie, proudly, Rousey (Ronda)
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2) BMW
Most-mentioned vehicles: 7-series (23), M6 (7), 3-series (7)
Rhymes with: Girls' names ending in "ina," reefer, seater, FEMA
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3) Bentley
Most-mentioned vehicles: Bentley Truck, Bentayga (44); Continental, GT, Flying Spur (13); Mulsanne (11)
Rhymes with: Dempsey (Jack), Winfrey (Oprah), MacKenzie (Spuds)
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4) Buick
Most-mentioned vehicles: Regal (19), Century (4), LeSabre (4), Park Avenue (4)
Rhymes with: Do it, to it, rendezvous it, truance
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5) Cadillac
Most-mentioned vehicles: DeVille (16), Escalade (8), Seville (7)
Rhymes with: Daddy yak, Shaq Daddy, zaddy, fatty
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6) Chevrolet
Most-mentioned vehicles: Impala (25), Camaro (5), Corvette (5), Nova (5)
Rhymes with: Heavy, confetti, everyday, plenty hay
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7) Ferrari
Most-mentioned vehicles: Testarossa (9), California (7), Enzo (5)
Rhymes with: Sorry, Atari, party, Armani, Rastafari
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8) Ford
Most-mentioned vehicles: Fiesta (10), Escort (7), Explorer (7)
Rhymes with: Afford, Accord (Honda), Forbes, ignored/p>
Alternate uses: Tom Ford, Harrison Ford, Betty Ford
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9) Honda
Most-mentioned vehicles: Civic (72), Accord (55), Passport (2)
Rhymes with: Mama, anaconda, Rhonda, Yolanda, Fonda (Jane)
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10) Jaguar
Most-mentioned vehicles: XF (8), F-type (4), XJ (4)
Erroneous: Elise (1)
Rhymes with: NASCAR, fast car, Babar, black card
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11) Jeep
Most-mentioned vehicles: Cherokee (4), Wrangler (4), Trackhawk (1)
Rhymes with: Sleep, street, seat, beat, sheik
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12) Lamborghini
Most-mentioned vehicles: Murciélago (18), Gallardo (11), Aventador (9)
Rhymes with: Bikini, Rambo, Houdini, Yamborghini
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13) Land Rover
Most-mentioned vehicles: Range Rover (145), Range Rover Sport (2)
Rhymes with: Hangover, ran over, Hova, sober, chauffeur
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14) Lexus
Most-mentioned vehicles: GS (8), ES (1), LX (1), SC (1)
Erroneous: Land Cruiser (3)
Rhymes with: Texas, necklace, reckless, Rolexes
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15) Maserati
Most-mentioned vehicles: GranTurismo (4), Ghibli (1), Quattroporte (1), Spyder (1)
Rhymes with: Kamikaze, illuminati, Pavarotti (Luciano), Atari
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16) McLaren
Most-mentioned vehicles: SLR (7), P1 (2)
Erroneous: SLK (1)
Rhymes with: Donna Karan, LeBaron, apparent, dare 'em
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17) Mercedes-AMG
Most-mentioned vehicles: S-class (14), CL-class (7), G-class (7)
Rhymes with: TMZ, ABC, scream at me, make believe
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18) Mercedes-Benz
Most-mentioned vehicles: CL-class (7), G-class (6), E-class (5), S-class (5)
Erroneous: 7-series (1)
Rhymes with: Tracy McGrady, Swayze (Patrick), saved me, Hades, ladies
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19) Mercedes-Maybach
Most-mentioned vehicles: Pullman (1), S600 (1)
Rhymes with: I'm back, Cadillac, yak, gray-black
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20) Nissan
Most-mentioned vehicles: GT-R (6), Micra (3), Altima (2), Patrol (2), Qashqai (2)
Erroneous: Elantra (1)
Rhymes with: Hit man, peon, fleece on, pecan
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21) Porsche
Most-mentioned vehicles: 911 (28), Panamera (13), Cayenne (11)
Rhymes with: Horse, bored, of course
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22) Rolls-Royce
Most-mentioned vehicles: Phantom (18), Ghost (5), Corniche (4), Wraith (4)
Rhymes with: Your choice, her choice, f***bois
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23) Tesla
Most-mentioned vehicle: Roadster (4)
Rhymes with: Testa(rossa), extra, wrestler, Fresca
Alternate use: Nikola Tesla
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24) Toyota
Most-mentioned vehicles: Corolla (20), Camry (5), Land Cruiser (2), Prius (2)
Rhymes with: Motorola, Crayola, Bogotá, yoga
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25) Volvo
Most-mentioned vehicle: V70 (1)
Rhymes with: Chaz Bono, YOLO, SoHo, logos, yo-yo, loco
We combed through over four decades of data to quantify how our musical comrades see the car world.