Football World Reacts To Eminem’s Roethlisberger Jab

    In his latest freestyle, Eminem did not stray from his often-topical subject matter, taking a jab at embattled Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

    “Fuck that/I’d rather turn this club into a bar-room brawl/Get rowdy as Roethlisberger in a bathroom stall,” raps Eminem in his “Despicable” freestyle, referring to highly-publicized sexual assault accusations levied against the quarterback in recent months.

    “Apparently, Mr. Mathers couldn’t come up with a word that rhymes with ‘Roethlisberger,'” offered seemingly unamused writer Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.

    Fans’ reactions to the rhyme varied. “I actually think it’s pretty funny,” wrote one reader in response to the PFT article. “[It’s] a ‘who’s a bigger idiot contest’ between [sic] big ben and eminem,i still think ben wins tho,” wrote another.

    ESPN Blogger James Walker, who covers the division in which the Steelers reside, posed an interesting question on the matter: “Can Roethlisberger battle rap? That would be interesting to see,” he wrote, ultimately picking Eminem to win the imaginary battle. “To reference an old LeBron James line, Roethlisberger battling Eminem on the mic is like Soulja Boy trying to battle Jay-Z. It’s not a good look.”

    125 thoughts on “Football World Reacts To Eminem’s Roethlisberger Jab

    1. Anybody trippin off of EM’s sh*t can Map fout ou deyo – “Shut the f-ck up” in Creole

    2. people always gotta find somethin to bitch about, and im sure if em wanted to he would rhyme roethlisberger with somethin

    3. classic shady. cheap shot you cant help but laugh at. fuck burger boy, hes raping teens in georgia for his off season workout and ems the bad guy?

      “when i smoke out i hit trees harder than sonny bono” when you react, good or bad, em wins.

      the visual of ben going ham on a bitch in a bathroom stall is both hilarious and horrifying.

      1. Im a dumb ass and the name u chose to use is PAT8…WTF? Sick a Duck and sie dlowly(Take your time 2 figure that out and tell me what it means later)

    4. fuck ben roethlisberger….u wouldnt be sticking up for him if it were ur daughter in the stall with him

    5. I think almost everyone thinks Ben is a jerk and his actions more than questionable . . . more like criminal and everyone keeps it alive hoping justice will prevail. Ben is a dirtbag!

      1. fuck your life, you dumb ho, get down on your knees and gobble on deez, crusty cheese is what i squeeze, into ya ass like a papsmere class, i retaliate and menstrate like a fat date with no skirt steak,, dammm now what bitch

    6. dude this isn’t really an attack, it is just a current topic and it grabs your attention so you remain interested. clever line,but could be crossing the line. Which is the same reason I like it.

    7. i duno nothing about this guy or “football” cause im from sctoland but its like me rapping about john terry, its just a topic.

    8. The fuck cares about that quarterback douschebag? Fuck that dude good job Em poke fun at that faggot. Hes a cocky ass hole and I’m sure Em isnt the only only one makign fun of that ugly ass piece of shit.

    9. When I read the headline, I was like “What the FUCK?!” Dude, it’s just a FREESTYLE! Rappers say anything in freestyles, it’s not supposed to be taken seriously.

      Besides it WAS a really clever and funny like.

      Damn Em killed that freestyle. I don’t know why everyone takes Em’s jabs seriously. Em himself said that whenever he mentions someone random in his rhymes, it’
      s because the NAME rhymed with the verse.

    10. HHDX tried to stretch this into some sort of story. But in reality, no one is talking about this shit let alone the “Football World”. Is it really that slow in the news room Dx? FAIL

    11. Nobody comes close to what Em can do with words or a pen. Em at 37 and Jay-Z are both and the best in rap game hands down. Hip hop needs Em

    12. It’s not even a work day and they still tried to give you a bit of news… give HHDX a break.

    13. the whole world took shots at tiger woods for months. One bar about a pro football player who thinks he’s bigger than the laws that govern the rest of us humble folk and you get your panties in a bunch, get the fuck outta here!

    14. LMAO!!! I think that was a ill freestyle, I think Florio is a douche bag, and anybody that takes Em too seriously prolly walks like they have a dorito stuck up their ass lol, get at me for collabos lol

    15. everyone took jabs at mike vick…one from em everyone goes crazy? fuck outta here with that bullSHIT

    16. Fuck is this? It’s called a punchline. Comedians and rappers use them all the time. Also fuck that piece of shit woman beater, what a pussy.

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    18. People need to settle down. Tiger Woods was the butt of jokes for months and it was no problem. Roethlisberger gets mentioned in a song and a football player pretends to moon a crowd and everyone has a stroke.

    19. you shouldove heard how many blacks were crying like bitches when em won rapper of the decade he was gone most time and still had the most album sales numbers dont lie hatin mfs

    20. and sdfu about em trying to be black when yall are coming from one of the biggest pop stars michael jackson who payed millions to become white i have yet to see a white man pay millions to be black and em doesnt even rap about nothing that black rappers rap about so again sdfu hatin mfs and what yall gonna put a roast on obama for trying to be white whats the fuckin deal with yall dumb contradicting fuck heads

      1. you’re a loser. Nobody bitching about race except for your racist ass. Crybaby bitch… get off the internet.

    21. Em’s just fuckin around. I think it’s funny how people get so defensive about this shit. He just says what he fuckin feels like sayin. How bout everyone just takes a breather. It’s just Em doin what he does. He has made fun of everyone, just relax. Sidenote: I think it’s funny how he talks about fuckin (havin sex with) Sarah Palin last year and nobody gives a fuck. Ha, fuck Palin.

    22. Nobodies really bothered by this except a hand full of steelers fans, and even most of them think its funny………..Ben is probably laughing a little bit to himself cause I seen a behind the scenes on him and he’s a hip hop head……. .

      Micheal Vick has taken alot worse abuse for alot less…….Vick ran a dog fighting ring and white folks wanted to sentence him to capital punuishment, Ben’s accused of rape(and several other sex counts) and florio wanna act offended??

      GTFOH

    23. I guess there can’t be a conversation about a rapper who is white, without the race card getting pulled. Its about the music, not the color of the guy spittin. Black people, let’s cut the ignorant bullshit.

    24. I don’t understand what the big deal is, Em is just doin what he does, spits some shit that we can laugh at and say that was a hot line, he really doesn’t give a shit about Ben Roethlisberger or the situation, besides this song can’t tarnish Ben’s relationship more than ESPN and the interenet already has.

    25. y is erbody going all crazy about thuis, is not like em hasnt done that to anybody at all. he jabs on erbody in total, duh! remember!. and eminem is the best there was the best there is and the best that will ever be just like bret. so get over it, is just a freestyle

    26. Wow! Niggas get so emotional on this comments section. Its a fact, Eminem is dope, but please take his dick out of your ears, the questionable unnecesary love that y’all show this dude is beyond being a hardcore fan. I know Tupac fans can argue like shit but Em fans can suck a foreskin just to prove a point. I’m an Em fan, but i don’t get mushy to point i start defending his sales yet we all know that 50% of the American surbaban population buy his albums like their recyclable condoms. He’s a dope MC, i admit that with that type of flow he would’ve blow up anyway, even if he was an asian rapper. I’m just saying, lets stop being Stans and lets just be good fans.
      I remember when Kim said that he had a small dick. Lol. I’m still copping RECOVERY though.

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    28. Im sure there are lines in verses out there in hop hop with Mike Vick or Plaxico Buress’ name in it, but yet it didnt make it in the football world. Just because eminem said something about a (overated) top QB, it makes the news…

      People are too sensitive these days, its just words y’all! Athletes, If you dont want your name in a verse stay outta trouble!

      1. Cosign completely! vicks and buress named STAYED in raps and not a word.. and this rapist gets name dropped and its wtf?

      2. overrated? Ben is one of only 10 quarterbacks who have won 2 or more Super Bowls in pro football history, plus he has broken records. What have you accomplished?

      3. big ben is underrated hoss! he doesn’t even have a O line and he still gets the job done. If Tom Brady had the steelers O line you would have never heard of Tom Brady

      4. If dude wants to learn how to throw in the pocket without getting hit, study Rivers, hell show you how its done! Ben is nothing but a statue as a QB, everybody rides his dick though, Kimlab your just another custy! I understand if you like the steelers you gotta like Ben, but come on, if Terry Bradshaw has a problem with him shouldnt the fans too?

        no cleveland fan here, but didnt cleveland beat pitt at home last year?? lol, i remeber cause the steel nation made me lose dough on that game. You heart and soul is the defense name Polamlu, Bens Done!!!

        besides were talking hip hop so get back on track there KIM!

    29. WTF!!! Big Ben put himself in this position….. No one is untouchable when it comes to a creative lyricists that stays up on current events….. Vick, Burress, Michael Irvin, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Tiger Woods, Barry Bonds….. all of these guys were referenced in songs and it wasn’t a big deal…. So what’s the problem now…..

      And I told you niggas that Eminem’s Relapse wasn’t really shit, it was ok at best….Even he said that shit in his newest single….. that’s why he said there won’t be a Relapse 2…..but I think he will bounce back hard with the Recovery album because the single he released is cold as fuck, that’s the Em shit I want to hear…..

    30. haha they said like jay z battling soulja boy F that they should of just said eminem battling soulja boy lol

    31. Jesus…who gives a shit? And where the fuck does hhdx find its writers? You meant accusations “leveled” asshole, not ‘levied.’ Look it up.

    32. I spit event horizons to rise like poseidon,
      Flow broken faucet undaunted to jumpstart capsizing-
      Careers like eminem scrabbling for Chino XL’s cd,
      To have something else to bite and disguise as funny
      From Relapse to Recovery and still can’t rhyme without negativity,
      Thank God for vicodin or I guess he’d need speak,
      Rather give cash to the homeless than spend on what no longer effervesce,
      Take another ass to the face to aid in your albums progress-what else you got left?
      A spitgame with a non existent fist game?
      Ah…I guess you’ll blame differing trends when recovery becomes a shit stain

      hmmm?

      Reaper The Fallen

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    35. the guy who wrote this is a f*ck. who gives a sh*t what eminem says in his rap, it sounds dank.

      scooby dooby doo!
      mike vic lookin boy…

      uh oh…

      1. And you’re exactly what’s wrong with hip-hop.
        The only reason lame cats like Cudi or Drake can even break into the game is because of simpletons who don’t even listen to lyrics, just a song’s aesthetic. Dope rhymes and a good sound aren’t mutually exclusive. Learn to appreciate quality, son.

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    37. I THINK SHADY NEEDS A REAL HIP HOP BATTLE!..I MEAN HE REALLY BATTLED NOBODY SINCE HE’S BEEN IN RAP OTHER THAN (BENZINO, JA-RULE, CANIBUS) I LOVE 2 HEAR HIM & JADAKISS BATTLE..IT’LL BE A GOOD ONE BUT IT AINT 2 MANY NIGGAS FUCKIN’ JADA!

      1. @BRRRR so right this fool thinks everyone battles just to battle. Jada has bought beats from em why stop a money flow! SMH some people just plain ignorant.

      2. Replies are funny as fuck. Let a dude dream…

        Btw, if they did battle, Em would mop the floor with Jada.

    38. Iff Eminem nd dah American dude Roethlisburger boy had a battle rap den Eminem wud merk the f*** into hiim and i wud support Shady anyway mn i jus totally luv him nd dnt care if he a freemason or illuminati wat so eva (am jus sayin he may nt be) i wud still support hiim
      x

    39. Fuck everybody hatin on Ben…. I guess the worst thing you can do in this country of ours is fuck a chic. He didn’t rap her that stupid cunt loved every minute of it. She prob got pissed whenever he blew his load on her face then just left without sayin a word. now she wants some money cuz she was drunk and taken advantage of. Let me put it this way… most men if given the opportunity will have sex with a girl. Whether she’s drunk and easy or not makes no difference..if she’s gonna let you fuck her with you forcing yourself on her you take it and you run with it. then give god a shout out before you go to bed

      1. roethlisberger is a pig. he went to miami and tried raping girls there. everyone hated him there

      2. hahaha he triied raping girls ova ther haha hw desperate
        @NO FUCKYOU you made meh laff so much bouh wah uu rote hes a fatman anyway
        x

      3. Yes Sir!! fuck all you fags mad at Ben and Tiger they doing what you niggas can’t bottom line!! its 2010 get with the program hoes know what the situation is, fuck this nigga get paid bottom line!! yeah i admit he needs his ass whooped for being dumb but RAPE get the fuck out of here!!

    40. Eminem is not taking a jab at Roethlisberger you retard, you are taking that rhyme out of context

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    42. Always hear people saying, “Well what if that was your daughter or your sister?” What if that was your son or your brother who was wrongfully accused? Chick’s drunk off her ass making accusations that she was assaulted to save face with those closest to her because she can’t admit she got drunk as shit and made some bad decisions. Ya Ben is a knucklehead for wanting to bang out drunken southern floozies in bathrooms but sexual assault? Come on now. They both contributed to the mess. And I guarantee Ben got that song set to his ipod’s pre-game playlist.

      1. bitches if your reading this:
        stay with friends at clubs or dudes will think your asking for it

      1. NOOO I DNT WNT BUY UR ALBUM I DNT EVEN LYK U DAH MUCH….
        I WUD RATHER PREFER EMINEMS NEW ALBUMS I WUD BUY HIS NT UR FREEMASONIC AND ILLUMINATI ALBUM FULL OF FREEMASONIC SYMBOLS AND SHIT TRYIN TO BRAINWASH US!!!
        I DNT LYK UU UR EVIL.
        FREEMASON BIITCH

    43. people say he wrongfully accused but this aint the first time! and u got to admit it was pretty funny lol. ben need to stay out of the clubs and be a role model. but all said and done we all writing on this…..to funny! fuckin fruits!

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    45. Fuckin get bent out of shape over shit. What a fuckin bunch of cry baby bitches. Roethlisberger isn’t even that nice at QB. Em is great at rapping.

      1. First off the dude is rich he aint gotta rape a slob ina club. secondly eminem is just adressing new topics of people can’t take a joke get fucked

    46. Oh the football world will get over it…..i’m sure 99% of them couldn’t give a shit

    47. People are just too damn sensitive smh Eminem has been doing this for years, gain a sense of humor because NFL blogger didn’t take it offensive when rappers were getting a Mike Vick for dog fighting. Leave Em alone because if were to read this, your name will appear in his next freestyle lol

      1. @Gunn Starr
        Dude I can understand that you don’t like Em, but the cat makes fun of everyone including his own self. Saying he won’t have a career is probably true, yet you are misinformed if you think that is all he can do. Also what do you mean kicking a man when he is down? Roethlisberger is or was accused for sexual assault, but wasn’t charged. Yeah, he did get a six game suspension, but could have definitely been worse. Hell South Park even made fun of it. Lighten up.

    48. @HEAT86 I know he’s a black guy who thinks he’s white but listens to rap to appear hard! Or a white guy who wants to be black but uses the n word to appear cool but hasn’t figured out the difference.

    49. im a true steeler and that shit was funny i love em and when he says your name it gives people a lot of buzz good or bad

    50. Yssup Kidz , u were asking about Chino XL, years back the general observation was made that Em had more than a passing lyrical resemblance to Chino. Chino was asked about it and said he didn’t sweat it as he would never do what em does and make his rhymes funny. peronally I don’t really like em-he is a sub par cat who was fortunate enough to come out when hip hop would have drank sad at a dry well

      1. man gunn starr get off em he is one of the greats and i doubt you could or even can do as much as this man get a life and quit looking for stuff to hate he said what he said what are you gonna do about it but bitch blah blah blah…now how much are you getting done! i feel sorry for your kid he has two mom’s by the way happy mothers day

    51. Does this guy not get the joke??!
      Maybe if Big Ben wasnt fuckin up he wouldnt be included in freestyles

    52. actually mike florio your wrong in almost famous he does rhyme Roethlisberger when he says “i stuck my dick in this game like a rapist they call me slim “Roethlisberger”, i go bezeker than a fed up “post office worker”.”

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