A notice posted on the childhood home of rapper Eminem announces the offering of a reward up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest in what appears to have been an arson at the vacant Detroit house.

DETROIT, MI -- Up to $5,500 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in an apparent arson at the childhood home of rapper Eminem.

Fire damaged the second floor of the vacant house Thursday night and a poster offering a $5,000 reward appeared on the home Friday.

The fire came as a Tennessee woman attempts to buy the house with intentions of making it a museum.

Shelly Hazlett of Clarksville, Tenn., an avid Eminem fan, said this week she placed a $100 bid on the property at 19946 Dresden Street through the Michigan Land Bank.

She said in a text message Friday afternoon that she will add $500 to the reward being offered.

"If they would still let me have it, I would have it in a heartbeat - as long its still sort of standing," Hazlett said earlier in the day. "The first thing I do every morning is check on the house and see if there's any news about it."

An image of the home appears on the cover of Eminem's latest album, "The Marshall Mathers LP 2."

The home was listed as the address of Eminem's mother Deborah Mathers in the 1980s.

It changed hands several times and now sits on a street with dozens of vacant homes between 8 Mile and 7 Mile roads.

This house has become somewhat of an attraction for fans of the rapper. Its image is used on T-shirts and even on the cover of a Marvel comic book.

A past owner tried to sell the house on eBay for $500,000, according to the Associated Press, but received no bids.

The website Zillow.com lists the home's worth at $32,885.

The site listed the home's value at nearly $90,000 in 2005.

Anyone with information on the house's burning is asked to call 1-800-44-ARSON.

MLive Detroit Entertainment reporter Eric Lacy contributed to this report.



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