Rapper Eminem said "significant damage was caused" and his team is "appreciative" after his former longtime employee was charged with leaking his unreleased music online.

Holly resident Joseph Strange, who worked at Eminem's Ferndale studio, was charged by the FBI following the January leak of more than two dozen songs.

We will continue to take any and all steps necessary to protect Eminem’s art,” the rapper’s spokesperson told McClatchy News.