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Despite a tireless social media activity on the lead-up to the release of her album, Rebel Heart, it seems that Madonna may have been hiding one of her best surprises concerning the project.

Former boxing champ Mike Tyson, 48, has revealed that his distinctive voice is set to be featured on one of her tracks, called Iconic, after the pop superstar, 56, invited him into the studio.

‘‘Madonna calls you and tells you to come somewhere, you go,’’

Mike, who famously bit the ear of opponent Evander Holyfield during a 1997 bout, told Rolling Stone in a new interview.

‘‘I didn’t know what the hell I was going there for,’ he added.

‘‘I’m just there having a good time and hanging out with Madonna. She has her producer there and I go into the studio and I didn’t know if she wanted me to talk or rap.

‘‘I just go in there and start talking. I’m talking about my life and things that I have endured. I’m saying some really crazy stuff.

It was really intense.’

During the interview, Mike, who appears on the track with Chance The Rapper, proceeded to reveal that he drew inspiration from Italian fascist Benito Mussolini.

He explained of making the track: ‘When I did it, I think about being some guy like [Benito] Mussolini and they’re really arrogant, but you try to come from a positive perspective and be uplifting.

‘‘You watch Mussolini on television , even though we don’t understand what he’s saying he is so mesmerizing. I look at myself in that way.

‘‘I know people may say “this guy’s a fascist” and all this stuff, but man, you can take positivity from watching him. No wonder why Hitler was attracted to him. This guy’s a hypnotic figure.’

Meanwhile, Madonna has been staying active on social media ahead of her album’s March 9 release, and recently took to Instagram to share a pair of selfies where her cleavage took centre stage.

Captioned ‘‘I’m not gonna stop’ and ‘‘I deserve the best’, the filtered images showed the mother-of-four glaring into the lens in come-hither poses as she wore a striped tank top.

Within four hours of being unveiled, the pictures attracted a total of 45,000 likes and a seemingly endless stream of comments both praising and criticising the star. -Daily Mail.