The manager of Australia's slain "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin has slammed west coast rapper Ras Kass for alluding to a stingray death while dissing The Game in his song 'Gayme Over.'

During the track (which you can listen to in the audio section), Ras Kass takes aim at The Game with the line "You're the waste of LA ... you the Crocodile Hunter, I am the stingray".

Irwin's longtime friend and manager John Stainton hit out at the line, saying it was "sad" and "disappointing".

"I just find it a bit sad that people have to stoop to that. It is disappointing. I can't understand the point of it. There are other references they can make that will put the point across.

"I just think it is a pity that people do have to use Steve or anyone who has died in tragic circumstances ... as a form of entertainment," he said.