Big Ben Roethlisberger has earned a dubious distinction for his alleged exploits in Milledgeville.
The star Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback is being mentioned in a hip-hop song.
But the street cred from Detroit rapper Eminem's new song "Despicable" comes across as a back-handed compliment, if anything.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, has built a reputation for razor-sharp lyrics featuring witty, and often painfully truthful stabs at individuals in pop culture who have garnered the rapper's ire.
From Britney Spears to his own mother to Mariah Carey, Mathers has skewered many an icon.
In his new song leaked on the Internet Thursday, Eminem devotes one bar of his rhymes to the Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback, who was accused of raping a 20-year-old coed in a nightclub bathroom in March.
"I'd rather turn this club into a bar room brawl. Get as rowdy as Roethlisberger in a bathroom stall," Mathers sings in the song.
The two-time Super Bowl champ has, through his lawyers, denied the allegations and is not being charged with a crime.
But NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended the signal caller for the first six games of the coming season for violating the league's code of conduct.
Roethlisberger, who is being sued by a Nevada woman for similar claims, has already been lampooned in the Comedy Central cartoon "South Park" for his troubles.
While Eminem is releasing a new album called "Recovery," the song referencing Roethlisberger will not be included. The song was posted at a website co-founded by Eminem's manager.
-- The Associated Press contributed to this story.
** Hear the song (Warning: Explicit lyrics)
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