Eminem sold bricks from his childhood home

by Jeremy Mersereau

May 24, 2016

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For $313, fans received a literal brick from Eminem's Detroit home.

Ever wanted to own one of Eminem’s bricks? No, not The Re-Up an actual, physical brick pulled straight from the young Marshall Mathers’ childhood home in Detroit. “Of course!” – a baffling number of people.

Well, you’re out of luck, unfortunately: the bricks from the house featured on the cover of both editions of The Marshall Mathers LP have sold out, but on the other hand, you won’t be tempted to pay $313 USD for a fucking brick, so there’s that.

Eminem was selling the coveted bricks from the edifice of the fabled spaghetti nexus in honour of the MMLP‘s 16th anniversary, which was yesterday.

The house itself was destroyed in 2013, but enterprising Marshall managed to save 700 bricks to sell at an approximate 920% markup to his most ardent fans, complete with a slick plexiglass enclosure, a certificate of authenticity and a cassette edition of the original Marshall Mathers LP.

A portion of the proceeds from each brick sold (so, all of them) will go towards Eminem’s Marshall Mathers Foundation, a charity which works provides funds to at-risk youth in Michigan and across the U.S.

The fabled house was demolished by the state of Michigan in 2013 over structural safety concerns, but thanks to Eminem’s entrepreneurial acumen, the bricks have all found new homes to rest in. Hopefully the years of domestic tension, instability, and burgeoning artistic energy haven’t seeped into the bricks and resulted in some Poltergeist-style shenanigans for the 700 lucky brick owners.

Wraith of Proof: “Marshalll…they don’t even know the name of my baaaaand…”

[h/t AV Club]

Tags: Music, News, brick, Eminem, marshall mathers lp, wtf

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