Madonna is collaborating with Bilt to provide one month's free rent to musicians at The Music Building where she began her career
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The collaboration celebrates her upcoming album Confessions II with exclusive vinyl, artwork, and release parties in three cities
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Madonna will also appear on Bilt's Rent Free game show giving members a chance to win up to $2,500 in rent
Madonnais teaming up with membership companyBiltto pay for one month of rent for every New York City musician at a place that's very special to the artists.
The generous move is part of a larger exclusive collaboration between Madonna and Bilt to celebrate the July 3 release ofConfessions II(the follow-up to her acclaimed 2005 albumConfessions on a Dance Floor). Together, Madonna and Bilt will provide free rent at the iconic Music Building in Midtown, the rehearsal place where artists can live as well as record, and where Madonna kicked off her own music career in the early '80s.
In a statement provided to PEOPLE, the singer said, "Artists arrive every day to New York, with a dream and more often than not with little else. As much as I struggled when I showed up here with nothing, I look back very fondly on this time in my life. The creativity, diversity and community of artists all supporting each other while having the freedom to experiment is something I would have never experienced in another place.”
The collaboration between the two powerhouses will also provide Bilt members with an exclusive, limited edition vinyl ofConfessions IIwith custom artwork and exclusive photographs by Raphael Pavarotti.
The collaboration between Madonna and Bilt also includes exclusive album release parties on July 3 in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
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Additionally, Madonna will be the featured contestant on a special edition of Bilt's monthly game show, Rent Free, which gives members nationwide a chance to win up to $2,500 in rent.
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She plays with Bilt Founder and CEO,Ankur Jain, who says of the collaboration, "There are so few artists who have shaped New York the way Madonna has. She came to this city with next to nothing, and in building something extraordinary, she became part of its DNA. When we had the chance to work with her, we knew we had to honor that story — not just by celebrating the album, but by giving back to the building where she first found her sound."
Jain adds, "The Music Building has been a home to generations of artists who arrived in New York the same way she did: with big dreams and little else. We couldn't think of a more fitting way to mark this moment than making sure the artists in that building today don't have to choose between their rent and their art."
Confessions IIwill be released July 3.
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