Madonna explains that she was raped as knife point when she first moved to New York City: “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, and had my apartment broken into three times. I don’t know why; I had nothing of value after they took my radio the first time.”
Missy Elliott
Missy was raped aged 8 by her cousin. She candidly told her story: “I’d go to his house. I was young and it was all about, ‘Let’s play the mummy and daddy game.’ He’d bribe me with candy and money. Then he started doing a lot of things that were crazy. It was sex. I was passive, but I kept telling him, ‘I don’t want to do this.’ But I didn’t really get it. I didn’t feel like I was unclean. I just knew it was wrong but I didn’t know to what degree.”
