Artists mentioning brands in songs

It’s not the best in terms of “artistic integrity”, but it sounds like some artists might be getting some pay for mentioning brands in their songs: Yahoo! News – Bling! Bling! Ka-Ching! Pop Stars Cash In. Sayeth the article:

[Lil Kim’s] latest single, “The Jump Off,” scores the greatest number of brand mentions per song this year, with 14 different references, according to a company that tracks such information.