Madonna turns 66: the story of the queen mother of pop and diversity

Madonna Louise Ciccone He arrived in New York in 1978 with only 37 dollars, which he had left after the first trip of his life by plane and taxi. From the very beginning he used his first name to introduce himself and made it clear that the rest was unnecessary. He managed to reinvent himself over more than 40 years at the top of the entertainment industry and was even able to overcome an illness that almost cost him his life.

On June 24, 2023, she had to be hospitalized for a bacterial disease that almost cost her life, and she was in intensive care leaving millions of people on alert waiting for news. It was on the 28th when her manager notified the press that she had been in intensive care for 4 days due to fainting at home while she had a fever and vomiting.

66 days after Madonna’s birth, the story of an artist more relevant than ever

Madonna had just $37 and a suitcase with ballet shoes when she decided to go to New York to fulfill her dream. She was a month away from turning 20 and although she was not yet well-known, she was already presenting herself in all areas under her first name, as artists usually do. She says that the trip from Michigan to New York was the first of her life by plane, and the taxi she took at the airport was also the first of her life by taxi. According to her story, she asked the taxi driver to take her to the “center of everything,” so he dropped her off in Times Square.

She spent half of her money, but she didn’t care. She was born in Bay City, a town in northern Michigan, on August 16, 1958, into a large, conservative family. She was the most diligent student at the University of Michigan’s dance school, where she had received a scholarship thanks to the insistence of her teacher and mentor Christopher Flynn.

The early death of her mother made her adopt a maternal position in her family and constantly clash with her father, even when he remarried his housekeeper. She always showed her rebellion against him, who insisted on dressing them all the same and she refused, cutting up shirts, pulling up her skirts and wearing her hair with bows, quiffs and hats.

As she walked through Times Square for the first time, she noticed a man following her. Far from being scared, she turned around and greeted him. When she told him why she was walking there alone, the man invited her to spend the first few nights at his house, because she had nowhere else to stay. She accepted and slept on his couch for the first two weeks.

He got a job at Dunkin Donuts and was able to move into a studio apartment. He invested everything he earned in training.took contemporary dance classes at the Alvin Alley American Dance Theater institute, and soon joined the main group.

When she met Dan Gilroy, he and his brother taught her to play drums and guitar. They formed a band, but being the guitar and percussion girl wasn’t enough for her – she wanted to lead. In the 80s, she got back together with one of her first boyfriends, Steve Bray, formed a band, and eventually had to beg on the street to survive. But she never strayed from the path of her dreams.

Even though the band had no albums or radio play, their groupies began to dress like them and follow them everywhere. Even though their first demos were not taken into account, every time they went on stage and gave a show, they were a resounding success.

In 2002, one of her demos reached the hands of producer Seymour Stein, who realized that he had one of the songs destined to become a hit. She signed her first contract with him and received her first $5,000. From then on, the diva’s career took a leap that led her to sell more than 300 million records and be recognized as the most important woman in music in the United States.