The car’s the star

American automotive and marine detailing products manufacturer Gold Eagle used special software to examine the lyrics of 100,000 songs on lyrics.com to fine out which artists reference cars most often in their work. It should hardly come as a surprise that 94 of the 100 artists (and all of the top ten) with the most mentions of cars are either rappers or hip-hop artists. Here’s the top 10, ranked by the number of automotive references in their songs: 1 370: Lil Wayne 2 354: Jay-Z 3 326: Snoop Dogg 4 324: Nas 5 313: Gucci Mane 6 305: Future 7 289: Rick Ross 8 271: E-40 9 240: 50 Cent 10 240: Master P