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At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was...

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Matangi's mantra is aim, which is MIA backwards. She fights for freedom of speech and stands for tru...

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Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes...

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My dad grew up in a mud hut and studied by candlelight. He was 14 when he got a scholarship to Russi...

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Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world, and African design has been killed by Nike. African...

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M.I.A.

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Born: 1975-07-18

Died: N/A

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, MBE (born 18 July 1975), known by the stage name M.I.A., is a British artist, film maker, singer, songwriter, rapper, activist, visual artist, humanitarian, record producer, graphic designer, photographer, fashion icon, and refugee icon. She is often described as one of the most influential artists of the 21st century, covering multicultural and countercultural, convention defying themes and utilizing a range of genres in her music to form a unique avant-garde sound, and for having revolutionized indie/underground/independent/subcultural and mainstream music and culture since her rise to prominence.More