IMAGE: MTV

BY LAUREN ZIMA

ANCHOR JIM FLINK

In the vein of The Real Housewives, reality star Vinny Guadagnino of MTV’s smash hit Jersey Shore is releasing a rap song. But, he shouldn’t expect the tune to be as popular.

Millions watch The Jersey Shore -- so audiences are clearly willing to put up with Vinny, Pauly D and The Situation referring to women as “grenades” and tirelessly trolling for one night stands.

But Vinny’s rap lyrics seem to have gone a step too far -- he’s rapping about rape. Vinny sings about raping a stripper in his new song, “Rack City Mix.” Here’s the track, via Perez Hilton:

“Yeah I'm takin' it ... I'm a get you naked b***h ...
We can f*** and make it fit... boomin’ s**t and slatin' it.
Actin' like I'm raping it ...
f*** her til she fakin' it."

In case you missed it, those lyrics were: “Actin' like I'm raping it."

TMZ is disgusted by the lyrics.

“Vinny … believes the way to a stripper's heart is through pretend rape … You stay classy, Vin.”

AndPop.com is surprised the violent song comes from Vinny.

“Most of us looked as Vinny as ‘the normal one’ of the Jersey Shore group. The Situation was a desperate womanizer, Snookie’s a little bit braindead … Vinny was somewhat tolerable – until now.”

So how is the formerly tolerable Vinny responding? After getting major backlash on Twitter, he Tweeted:

““Whoa! Some people really know how to take things out of context ! … Damn it feels good to be a gangster.... lol”

The not-regretful Vinny said he recorded the song for fun, but Business Insider says the star better be careful. His employer, the socially conscious MTV, might not be laughing.

“This is from the kid who, prior to hitting it big on the MTV show, was planning on becoming a lawyer. We hope he's got a good one now, because we can't imagine MTV will take this in stride.”

So far MTV has not responded to the controversy, though it hasn’t promoted the tune either.