Eminem uses Ben Roethlisberger as part of a lyric in 'Despicable'. (Photos by Getty Images)

By MARCUS K. GARNER

Big Ben Roethlisberger has earned a dubious distinction for his alleged exploits in Milledgeville, Ga.

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.

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