It’s been 42 years since Madonna arrived on the scene with a post-disco anthem inviting everybody to “get up and do your thing.” Decades later, in an interview with Rolling Stone, the global pop icon ...

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Madonna is one of many pop superstars who don’t often receive the credit they deserve for not only rising to the top of the charts and dominating the pop culture conversation, but for actually being ...