The Rap Clout Index

TOP COMPANIES, BY HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE BEEN MENTIONED IN RAP SONGS Forget Maybach and Cristal. How many companies on the top of the Forbes and Fortune lists of the biggest, most powerful companies are mentioned in rap lyrics? We looked up how many times the top 100 companies in the Forbes 2000 and the top 50 companies on the Fortune 500 have been mentioned. Here's what we found: GOOGLE 538 MENTIONS STOCK TICKER: NASDAQ: GOOG MARKET CAP: $383B HONDA 338 MENTIONS TYO: 7267 $69B PEPSI 243 MENTIONS NYSE: PEP $123B FORD 221 MENTIONS NYSE: F $60B COCA-COLA 215 MENTIONS NYSE: KO $638B BMW 120 MENTIONS ETR: BMW $53B BOEING 100 MENTIONS NYSE: BA, $81.7B TOYOTA 91 MENTIONS TYO: 7203, $186B VERIZON 86 MENTIONS NYSE: VZ, $137B NISSAN 80 MENTIONS TYO: 7201, $37B MICROSOFT 74 MENTIONS NASDAQ: MSFT, $305B NESTLE 71 MENTIONS VTX: NESN, 210B WAL-MART 59 MENTIONS NYSE: WMT, $242B HYUNDAI 58 MENTIONS KSR: 005380 BP 50 MENTIONS NYSE: BP, $149B SAMSUNG 50 MENTIONS KRX: 005930, $175B COSTCO 45 MENTIONS NASDAQ: COST, $50B EXXON 44 MENTIONS NYSE: XOM, $410B HOME DEPOT 41 MENTIONS NYSE: HD, $108B •• APPLE 34 MENTIONS NASDAQ: AAPL, $449B AT &T 34 MENTIONS NYSE: T, $177B CVS 33 MENTIONS NYSE: CVS, $81B WALGREEN 30 MENTIONS NYSE: WAG, $54B CHEVRON 29 MENTIONS NYSE: CVX, $224B GENERAL MOTORS 29 MENTIONS NYSE: GM, $51B WELLS FARGO 27 MENTIONS NYSE: WFC, $242B MITSUBISHI 27 MENTIONS NYSE: MTU, $88B JPMORGAN CHASE 22 MENTIONS NYSE: JPM, $226B DAIMLER 22 MENTIONS ETR: DAI, $67B COMCAST 21 MENTIONS NYSE: CCV, $57B VOLKSWAGEN 20 MENTIONS ETR: VOW, $85B STATE FARM 20 MENTIONS NOT PUBLICLY TRADED KROGER 19 MENTIONS NYSE: KR, $19B IBM 18 MENTIONS NYSE: IBM, $193B BANK OF AMERICA 16 MENTIONS NYSE: BAC, $181B PROCTOR & GAMBLE 11 MENTIONS NYSE: PG, $209B GOLDMAN SACHS 10 MENTIONS NYSE: GS, $76B AIG 10 MENTIONS NYSE: AIG, $72B JOHNSON & JOHNSON 9 MENTIONS NYSE: JNJ, $252B CITIGROUP 8 MENTIONS NYSE: C, $146B SIEMENS 8 MENTIONS ETR: SIE, $107B ROYAL DUTCH SHELL 7 MENTIONS NYSE: RDS-A, $224B CONOCOPHILLIPS 7 MENTIONS NYSE: COP, $81B GENERAL ELECTRIC 6 MENTIONS NYSE: GE, $258B VODAFONE 6 MENTIONS NASDAQ: VOD, $181B PRUDENTIAL 6 MENTIONS NYSE: PRU, $39B ●•••●• HSBC 5 MENTIONS NYSE: HSBC, $209B •••●• PFIZER 5 MENTIONS NYSE: PFE, $200B FANNIE MAE 5 MENTIONS FNMA, $18B FREDDIE MAC 5 MENTIONS FMCC, $10B ••••• TD BANK 3 MENTIONS NYSE: TD, $8OB VALERO ENERGY 3 MENTIONS NYSE: VLO, $28B HEWLETT-PACKARD 3 MENTIONS NYSE: HP, $9B GAZPROM 2 MENTIONS MCX: GAZP, $3.3T •• ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 2 MENTIONS NYSE: RY, $9OB •• ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV 2 MENTIONS NYSE: BUD, $155B MERCK 2 MENTIONS NYSE: MRK, $156B PHILLIPS 66 2 MENTIONS NYSE: PSX, $44B NOVARTIS 1 MENTION NYSE: NVS, $195B METLIFE 1 MENTION NYSE: MET, $56B By Lisa Mahapatra for International Business Times; Source: RapGenius.com