In the late 1980s the singer Madonna was looking for talented dancers and was shown a home video of Camacho and Gutierrez voguing[clarification needed] at Xtravaganza.
Camacho and Gutierrez appeared in the 1990 MTV Video Awards on stage with Madonna for her Marie Antoinette performance.
After the Blond Ambition tour concluded, Madonna continued to lend support to Camacho and Gutierrez, who performing under the name Jose and Luis, recorded an album, The Queen’s English.
Camacho struggled with addiction for many years following the success of the Madonna period,[10] as he and many of the dancers from the tour transitioned into the next stage of their career and the death of many friends within the LGBTQ community due to AIDS related illnesses.
[12] Camacho reunited with the male dancers of the Blond Ambition tour in the documentary film Strike a Pose (2016), which chronicled their time working with Madonna and subsequent careers.