Madonna pays tribute to her late brother

Madonna has paid tribute to her brother Christopher Ciccone, who died at the age of 63, describing that he was the closest person to her.

Her brother, who was a tour director for the pop star and danced in her early music videos including Lucky Star, died from cancer on Friday in Michigan, United States.

In a heartfelt post on Instagram, the 66-year-old singer wrote that their bond was hard to explain but it grew out of an understanding that they were different.

Madonna says society was going to give them a hard time for not following the status quo.

She says they took each other's hands and they danced through the madness of their childhood, in fact dance was a kind of superglue that held them together.

The singer explained that discovering dance in their small Midwestern town saved her and then it saved him too.