A name drop in a rap verse is a honor usually reserved for athletes of the highest caliber.





LeBron James, Alexander Ovechkin, Magic Johnson, Randy Moss, Barry Bonds and Mike Tyson have all been immortalized through music, adding yet another layer to their mystique and legend.





Now, brace-wearing New York Giants punter Brad Wing joins that list. He was mentioned in Nicki Minaj’s new song with Calvin Harris, Skrt On Me.

Nicki Minaj has a new song with Calvin Harris, and she gave Giants punter Brad Wing a shout-out! pic.twitter.com/WlEpyZ9i4P — SB Nation (@SBNation) June 30, 2017

It might seem completely random that Minaj mixed in Wing's name into a song, but the mention has a bit of back story.





This post reportedly was the catalyst when #NickiMinajChallenge was a trending tag on social media.





Minaj responded on the post, promising Wing would get a shout out in a song. She came through in a big way.

Wing could not believe it, posting his response from "Cloud 9" on Instagram.

He also invited Minaj to a Giants game via Twitter.





Much love @NICKIMINAJ. Let me know which game you coming to. https://t.co/4xPMJruBst — Brad Wing (@bwing38) June 30, 2017

Wing does have a somewhat swaggy background. While in college at LSU, he lived with current Giants teammate Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry.





He also reportedly spent a month living at Drake's house in California, which seems like a pretty nice notch of the resume to go with his blooming career in the rap game.





So, is punting cool now? Not really, but Wing will at least have a bit more street cred in New York.