Eminem's Childhood Home Damaged In Fire

Eminem's childhood home, as pictured on his new album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" was badly damaged in a fire Thursday.

Many are familiar with +Eminem's childhood in Detroit home through his album covers. First featured on his seminal Marshall Mathers LP in 2000, and revisited on the cover of MMLPII, which dropped this week.

+TMZ reports that the home -- which is now abandoned -- was badly burned in a fire Thursday night. The house apparently sustained damage to the second floor, but fire fighters were able to isolate the flames, and prevented them from spreading to the rest of the house.

The fire is reported to have begun around 6:20 PM, but the cause is still unknown.

Em's former home was purchased by his mother in 1987 for $19,900, and has passed through close to 10 owners since. After failing to be sold for $500 at auction, it remains owned by the bank.