You have got to be kidding...

WARREN, Michigan (AP) -- Eminem\'s former homes continue to draw fans — and bids of more than $11 million — to an Internet auction site.

A modest, 1,300-square-foot Warren home, listed on eBay since Nov. 14, was appraised at $91,000. The highest of the 289 bids as of this week was $11,000,600. Bidding opened at $120,000.

"It amazes me," co-owner Roland Fraschetti told The Detroit News. "We\'re trying to find out more about the bidder."

A fixer upper with a past
The Macomb County commissioner from St. Clair Shores bought the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home on Nov. 8 for $45,000 with partner Sebastian Lucido.

"We know there are sincere bids out there in the six figures and some sincere bids in the seven figures but I don\'t know about the eight-figure bids," Fraschetti said.

Todd Nelson, Eminem\'s uncle, recently sold the house to Fraschetti and Lucido for $45,000. Nelson said he sold the home, which had been in the family for 50 years, to pay some personal debts. He said Eminem and other family members weren\'t happy about the decision.

"He\'s mad, they\'re all mad at me, everyone in the whole family," said Nelson, whose sister, Debbie Nelson, is Eminem\'s mother. "But I had to do what I had to do."

Roots for sale
Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in St. Joseph, Missouri, lived in the house "off and on" between the ages of 13 and 25, Nelson said told The Macomb Daily.

"This is where it all started for him," Nelson said. "Without this house, Marshall would be in jail or back in Missouri, where he was born."

Another former Eminem abode — a 5,000-square-foot colonial in Sterling Heights — went up on eBay on Wednesday and drew an initial bid of $600,000. The highest of 44 bids as of Monday was $800,400.

Eminem, 30, has won five Grammys and stars in "8 Mile," which opened at No. 1 at the box office this past weekend and drew strong reviews.

You have to be kidding... 11 million for that POS!  Click on the link below to see a picture of it.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/11/26/eminem.house.ap/index.html

They are banking on Em becoming a music icon (ie. Another Elvis)

Really what is so cool about that guy?  His music sucks.

yea, read this in paper the other day...


i used to like eminem, not himself, but his songs, thought i dont like his new album, dont like how he raps.... shame he doesnt rap about more important stuff,cos hes got talent..... guess its bettter than all this " ive got so much money, im so rich " etc rap, that is all i seem to hear now adays

Originally posted by GigaShadow
Really what is so cool about that guy?  His music sucks.

1. He is white
2. He is a successful white rapper
3. He causes controversy

Whether or not you like rap music, you cant deny that he has talent, which he does plain and simple.

Maybe its me, but I don\'t like rap to begin with especially some wanna be "gangsta"

Originally posted by luckee


1. He is white
2. He is a successful white rapper
3. He causes controversy

Whether or not you like rap music, you cant deny that he has talent, which he does plain and simple.

I have to disagree with you luckee, I don\'t think he has any talent.  I don\'t appreciate "rap" or its lifestyle.  Just because a bunch of teenagers like him doesn\'t mean anything to me.  If you don\'t like the genre how can you say someone has talent?

Originally posted by GigaShadow





Another former Eminem abode — a 5,000-square-foot colonial in Sterling Heights — went up on eBay on Wednesday and drew an initial bid of $600,000. The highest of 44 bids as of Monday was $800,400.

who do we know that lives in sterling heights?  and used to be his neighbor across the street.  i hated that fag... i wanted to egg his house lol.   he always had this big guy in a white suv in his huge driveway thing.

Originally posted by GigaShadow


I have to disagree with you luckee, I don\'t think he has any talent.  I don\'t appreciate "rap" or its lifestyle.  Just because a bunch of teenagers like him doesn\'t mean anything to me.  If you don\'t like the genre how can you say someone has talent?

If you are opened minded its very easy to say that. I dont care for classical music much, but that is not to say Chopin or Bach didnt have talent.

I very much dislike country music, but Johnny Cash was the man.

hes not even from detroit.

square marker could back me up on this but Warren is pretty much a nice white suberb.

thug life y\'allz.

Then I guess I will remain closed minded to this punk.  I don\'t think he is anything special and would probably have felt the same way square does if he lived in my neighborhood.

just like most rap... eminem is all image.

Exactly my thoughts on the subject Luke.  Another Vanilla Ice.

ARe you forgetting that ALL music is image? Metallica dressed in spurs and chaps doesnt exactly say metal does it?

Eminem is a rap god; I have all his stuff and haven\'t disliked any of his tunes, a lyrical genius.