Madonna seems to have it all when it comes to fame and her career.
While she is living a lavish life these days, it turns out that she was taken to rock bottom when she was just 19 years old, right before her fame days came.
In the newest issue of Harper’s Bazaar, Madonna opens up about moving to NYC for the first time and being raped on top of a roof at knife-point.
In the last two decades of her fame, the “Like A Prayer” singer finally reveals details about a night she will never forget.
She tells the mag:
‘New York wasn’t everything I thought it would be. It did not welcome me with open arms. The first year, I was held up at gunpoint. Raped on the roof of a building I was dragged up to with a knife in my back.’
‘I was defiant. Hell-bent on surviving. On making it. But it was hard and it was lonely, and I had to dare myself every day to keep going,’
Through all of that trauma, it seems like Madonna has a great perspective on taking risks in not only music, but life itself:
‘If I can’t be daring in my work or the way I live my life, then I don’t really see the point of being on this planet.’
Hiding this fact about herself couldn’t have been easy, and we’re so proud she was able to overcome it and be one of the greatest pop stars in the world!
SOURCE: Harper’s Bazaar | PHOTO CREDIT: Harper’s Bazaar
