Rapper Has More Top Ten Hits Than Any Hip Hop Artist
6:00AM ET December 8th, 2011
Contributor : Martin James
A Rocky Williform Company

Rap superstar Jay-Z has become the hip hop artist with the most Billboard Top 10 hits with his Kanye West-assisted smash "N***as In Paris" jumping to the number eight spot on the charts. The song jumped seven spots in one week. It gives Jay his 18th Top Ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 single, surpassing Ludacris and Lil Wayne.

That gives Jay and Kanye's Watch the Throne album its first Hot 100 top 10 after "H*A*M" reached No. 29 and "Otis," featuring the late soul legend Otis Redding, rose to No. 12; and, "Who Gon Stop Me" peaked at No. 44.

...Throne has sold 1.1 million copies. As "Paris" climbs. The hit gives West his 14th top 10 single.