Most Mentioned Vehicles in Rap and Hip-Hop Songs
We combed through over four decades of data to quantify how our musical comrades see the car world.
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.
Audi
Most-mentioned vehicles: TT (6), R8 (5), A8 (4), 5000 (4)
Rhymes with: Cloudy, outtie, proudly, Rousey (Ronda)
BMW
Most-mentioned vehicles: 7-series (23), M6 (7), 3-series (7)
Rhymes with: Girls' names ending in "ina," reefer, seater, FEMA
Bentley
Most-mentioned vehicles: Bentley Truck, Bentayga (44); Continental, GT, Flying Spur (13); Mulsanne (11)
Rhymes with: Dempsey (Jack), Winfrey (Oprah), MacKenzie (Spuds)
Buick
Most-mentioned vehicles: Regal (19), Century (4), LeSabre (4), Park Avenue (4)
Rhymes with: Do it, to it, rendezvous it, truance
Cadillac
Most-mentioned vehicles: DeVille (16), Escalade (8), Seville (7)
Rhymes with: Daddy yak, Shaq Daddy, zaddy, fatty
Chevrolet/Chevy
Most-mentioned vehicles: Impala (25), Camaro (5), Corvette (5), Nova (5)
Rhymes with: Heavy, confetti, everyday, plenty hay
Ferrari
Most-mentioned vehicles: Testarossa (9), California (7), Enzo (5)
Rhymes with: Sorry, Atari, party, Armani, Rastafari
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
Honda
Most-mentioned vehicles: Civic (72), Accord (55), Passport (2)
Rhymes with: Mama, anaconda, Rhonda, Yolanda, Fonda (Jane)
Jaguar
Most-mentioned vehicles: XF (8), F-type (4), XJ (4)
Erroneous: Elise (1)
Rhymes with: NASCAR, fast car, Babar, black card
Jeep
Most-mentioned vehicles: Cherokee (4), Wrangler (4), Trackhawk (1)
Rhymes with: Sleep, street, seat, beat, sheik
Lamborghini
Most-mentioned vehicles: Murciélago (18), Gallardo (11), Aventador (9)
Rhymes with: Bikini, Rambo, Houdini, Yamborghini
Land Rover
Most-mentioned vehicles: Range Rover (145), Range Rover Sport (2)
Rhymes with: Hangover, ran over, Hova, sober, chauffeur
Lexus
Most-mentioned vehicles: GS (8), ES (1), LX (1), SC (1)
Erroneous: Land Cruiser (3)
Rhymes with: Texas, necklace, reckless, Rolexes
Maserati
Most-mentioned vehicles: GranTurismo (4), Ghibli (1), Quattroporte (1), Spyder (1)
Rhymes with: Kamikaze, illuminati, Pavarotti (Luciano), Atari
McLaren
Most-mentioned vehicles: SLR (7), P1 (2)
Erroneous: SLK (1)
Rhymes with: Donna Karan, LeBaron, apparent, dare 'em
Mercedes-AMG
Most-mentioned vehicles: S-class (14), CL-class (7), G-class (7)
Rhymes with: TMZ, ABC, scream at me, make believe
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
Mercedes-Maybach
Most-mentioned vehicles: Pullman (1), S600 (1)
Rhymes with: I'm back, Cadillac, yak, gray-black
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
Annie White has been writing and editing for Car and Driver since 2016. She has owned two Chevrolet HHRs. It was a mistake both times.
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