Madonna 'wanted to have Tupac's baby'

Madonna once wanted to have a baby with murdered rapper Tupac Shakur, a new book has claimed.

According to Madonna: Like an Icon, the popstar seriously considered starting a family with Tupac when the pair had a fling a year before his death in 1996.

Author Lucy O'Brien said Madonna "desperately wanted children" during her mid-30s, and had "various relationships with unlikely men".

Friend Alison Clarkson revealed: "She was going out with him... but homegirls were saying to him, 'I can't believe you're going out with a white girl' - so she got dumped."

The book also claims that West Wing actor Martin Sheen was terrified of media helicopters during Madonna's wedding to Sean Penn in 1985.

His friend Bill Meyers told O'Brien: "He was flinching and jerking involuntarily... he said it reminded him of filming Apocalypse Now. Madonna was giving them the finger and Sean was running in the house for his shotgun."