What could have been arson ends up being the demise of Eminem’s childhood home. From NME:

The home, which features on the cover of Eminem’s new album, ‘The Marshall Mathers LP 2’, as well as its 2000 prequel, was the owned by the Detroit rapper’s mother between 1989 and 2003. On November 7 the property caught fire and was demolished last week (November 20) after officials at Michigan Land Bank, who own the property and land it sat on deemed the building “structurally unsafe.”

MLive, a local Michigan paper, reports that crews started tearing down the home last week and are expected to be finished with debris removal at the lot by the end of this month (November). “The condition of the property post-fire presents a safety hazard that the Land Bank is responsible for removing,” Michigan Land Bank director Kim Homan said in a statement. “The goal is to demolish and clean up the site, so neighborhood safety and order can be restored.”

Prior to destruction, Eminem’s teenage home went on sale at auction. A fan from Tennessee called Shelly Hazlett has submitted a $100 bid for the property and said she would turn the house into an Eminem museum if her offer was approved by the state. The house – one of many abandoned houses in the neighborhood – had a starting bid of $1. State officials tried to reach out to Eminem to see if he wanted to bid on the property, but didn’t receive interest. The land the property sat on is still available to purchase.

The above issue of Rolling Stone is out now…..in related news, sources are stating that — while not officially together — Eminem could be reuniting with ex-wife Kim Mathers sometime in the future:

Could the rumors be true? Are Eminem and his ex-wife Kim Mathers on the road to reconciliation?

“They really have a great relationship now as parents,” a source tells Us Weekly of the “Monster” rapper, 41, and Kim, 38; along with their daughter Hailie, 17, Eminem is raising Mathers’ niece Alaina, and Whitney, her other daughter from another relationship.

“They aren’t back together yet — per se — but anything could happen and they are together all the time for the sake of the kids,” the source adds. Kim’s mother Kathy Sluck told RadarOnline earlier this week that her daughter and former son-in-law “might [get back together soon], they get on better than ever.”

On yea, one more thing: Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP 2 has hit the Platinum mark.

Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 will debut tomorrow at number 1 on the Billboard charts. According to HHD, Eminem’s new album sold an estimated 779,577 copies in its first week.