Rapper Eminem’s childhood home damaged in blaze
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DETROIT — A fire has burned the childhood home of rapper Eminem in Detroit.
The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press report crews responded Thursday evening to the boarded -up bungalow, which is pictured on the cover of Eminem’s just-released The Marshall Mathers LP 2. It also was on the musician’s 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP.
The blaze damaged portions of the small home’s top floor. The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known. Public records show the home was listed as the address of Eminem’s mother, Deborah Mathers, starting in the 1980s. It later changed hands.
The home was listed earlier this year for online auction by the state. A past owner tried to sell it on eBay for $500,000 but received no bids. 2010 that Palin would have primary physical custody and the two would share legal custody, according to Thomas Van Flein, Palin’s attorney at that time. Johnston was given visitation and had agreed to pay child support.
Palin’s current attorney, John Tiemessen, said that as of Oct. 15, the Child Support Services Division reported that Johnston owed about $66,000 in back support.
Palin and Johnston were thrust into the national spotlight as expectant, unwed teenagers in 2008, when Palin’s mother, Sarah Palin, was tapped as the Republican vice-presidential candidate. Johnston and Bristol Palin had an on-off relationship before splitting for good. He has since married and has a daughter.
Bristol Palin has appeared in several reality series, including one for Lifetime that documented her life as a single mom.