According to her own legend, Madonna Louise Ciccone arrived in New York City from Michigan back in 1978 with just $35 in her pocket, a pair of ballet pumps, and a dream.The rest, of course, is pop music history.While her rags-to-riches fable has been told many times, it has also been contested by her brother Christopher Ciccone, who claimed in his acid-tongued tell-all 'Life with My Sister Madonna', that she actually had a lot more money, and a plethora of contacts at her disposal.
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