Bash Ko-Me? Fine, but Shaq's language is an N-no

Shaquille O'Neal sure is witty.

He asked Ko-Me Bryant, in some sort of lame rap that was videotaped and has turned viral, how his ass tasted.

Hey Shaq: Heard that one in fifth grade, dude.

Shaquille O'Neal has been known to rock the microphone ... badly. (Getty Images)

Right along with "Smell ya' later" and "Quick, pull my finger."

Introducing the title of Shaq's next album: "Yo' Mama Wears Combat Boots."

Shaq is such a horrid rapper if you put him against Shania Twain in a rap-off, I'd put my money on Twain.

My name is Shania / Don't call me Mariah / Draw it on an easel / I'll crush the Diesel.

Hell, I'd take Mark Twain and the points over O'Neal.

Chuck D, he's not.

O'Neal has recorded seven albums? How? Do they self-publish in the record industry?

Yet there was something more disturbing in Shaq's step and fetch show than merely a horrid display of poor rapsmanship.

It was Shaq's public use of the N-word.

Now, look at the message boards on various sites across the Web, commenting on the O'Neal video. The word is being used with great casualness, people empowered by O'Neal's use of it.