West often hits headlines for his divisive views but Madonna believes they are comrades in the "envelope-pushing genre".
"Kanye is the new Madonna. Kanye is the black Madonna. We know, and recognize, that we have that in common. We're comrades in the envelope-pushing genre," she told the New York Daily News.
Madonna admits making mistakes when she is vulnerable. "I'm only human. I'd like to get to the point where nothing can shake me. Sometimes I'm there, sometimes I'm not."
"I earned my stripes. ... I'm Madonna. And that's it," she said.