Random Musicians Who Sold Ad Space in Their Lyrics (21 items)

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  (#14) Nicki Minaj

  • Hip hop, Pop, Contemporary R&B

  Rapper Nicki Minaj is a proud brand ambassador for Alexander McQueen clothing. To up sales, she rapped the line, "he live in a palace, bought me Alexander McQueen, he was keeping me stylish, now that's real, real, real," in her smash hit single "Anaconda."
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  (#2) Sean Combs

  • Hip hop music, Synthpop, Pop music, Dance-pop, Contemporary R&B, Pop rap, Rhythm and blues, Funk

  Diddy because a brand ambassador for Ciroc vodka in 2007 and is the leader of a group of rappers, known as the Ciroc boys, who endorse the brand. Diddy entered into a 50-50 revenue split on the profits, and it was speculated at the time that Diddy could receive as much as $100 million for his participation in the deal. Diddy included the line "Hold up, I sip Ciroc like it's Moscato," in his remix of Wiz Khalifa's song "We Dem Boyz." 
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  (#18) Nelly

  • Hip hop music, Pop music, Contemporary R&B, Pop rap, Rhythm and blues, Country, Southern hip hop

  It's unknown whether Nelly was paid by Nike to write his 2009 song "Air Force Ones," a love song about the popular shoe, but either way Nelly's song landed him a big deal with the shoe and athletic company. Later that year Nike released their own line of Nelly-inspired shoes.
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  (#11) Will Smith

  • Urban contemporary, Hip hop music, Pop music, East Coast hip hop, Pop rap

  Ray-Bans inked a huge deal with Columbia Pictures when they became the featured sunglasses in the 1997 smash hit Men in Black. Will Smith also got in on the action, including the line "So don't blink be what was there is now gone, black suit with the black Ray-Bans on," in his own single "Men in Black" off the official movie soundtrack.
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  (#13) Wiz Khalifa

  • Hip hop, Pop

  Rapper Wiz Khalifa is the founder of Talyor Gang Records, an independent record label and management company. Taylor Gang is endorsed by G Pen vaporizers, and as part of the deal, he included the line "G pen full of wax" in his song, "Maan! (Weedmix)."
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  (#1) Rihanna

  • R&B, Pop, Hip hop

  Rihanna's 2010 song "Cheers (Drink to That)" featured the lyric "Got my Ray-Bans on and I'm feelin' hella cool tonight, yeah." Rihanna was paid $150,000 as part of an endorsement deal with Ray-Ban sunglasses.
  

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