Didn't know most modern rappers and NBA ballers were representin old people.
I'll never look at MTV and BET the same way again.
I never knew!!
Top brand mentions in rap music survey
Mercedes received 100 mentions, while Nike came in second with 63 mentions and former No. 1 Cadillac took third with 62, according to a report by Agenda Inc., a San Francisco-based marketing firm. The report tallies which products were most name-dropped in the 106 songs that reached the Billboard Top 20.
***Just off the phone with Jay Z and Fiddy. They were thankful for the info as well.
50 Cent's "In Da Club" ("When I pull up front, ya see the Benz on the dubs"), another 50 Cent tune called "21 Questions" ("If I went back to a hoopty from a Benz."); Jay-Z's "Excuse Me Miss" ("She sees more than the Benz wagon"), and Lil' Kim's brand-packed "The Jump Off" ("This is for my peeps with the Bentleys, the Hummers, the Benz").