M.I.A.

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Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (Tamil: மாதங்கி 'மாயா' அருள்பிரகாசம்) (born 17 July 1975), better known by her stage name M.I.A., is a British songwriter, record producer, singer, fashion designer, and artist of Sri Lankan Tamil origin.An accomplished visual artist by 2002, M.I.A. came to prominence in early 2004 through file-sharing of her singles "Galang" and "Sunshowers" on the Internet. She released her Mercury Prize-nominated debut album Arular in 2005. Her second album, Kala, was released in 2007 and gained her mainstream chart success. She has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and an Academy Award.Her compositions have been noted to encompass various genres, often with political lyricism and artwork. M.I.A. has described her music style as being "other." In addition to her work as a graphic designer, providing artwork and photography for releases and as a director of music videos, she has also experimented with documentary film and in 2008 released a collection of her fashion de... more
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    Track from Madonna's MDNA album. Download it now on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/MDNA Music video for Madonna's Give Me All Your Luvin' single, featuring M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj. Directed by Megaforce.
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    Watch MIA respond to comments left on this video. Click here to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fweHtun3LY ** For the best viewing experience, watch in 1080p (HD). M.I.A. OFFICIAL SITE | MIAUNIVERSE: http://www.miauk.com ** Head to http://www.youtube.com/noisey to check out our other shows. Noisey is VICE's new...
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    Season 1: Malik and Shaakira's team faces off against Tyler's glitzy new dance crew in a hip-hop Jamfest as Jasmine auditions for Juilliard.
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    London's MIA travels to a Sri Lanka village. Exotic animals such as elephants, monkeys, and leopards appear in the video.
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    From Season 15, Episode 4: Cartman confronts the boys about the school going too far.
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    Blends M.I.A. "Paper Planes" with Cléan "Under", MacGyver-style. Mixing, shooting, and wah-wah pedal by DJ not-I. Videos and pix borrowed from Youtube and various internet sources. (Videos include: M.I.A. "Paper Planes" & "Jimmy", live performance on the David Letterman Show, and MSNBC Countdown "Skull & Bones Connection"; ...
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    Season 1, Episode 9: When Rebecca Crowley insists that she spotted her brother Richard, who has been MIA for years, Brooke and Jess are called in to investigate the claim.
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M.I.A. Video Clips

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    Rihanna may have not remembered her crazy night partying in London that caused her to miss a flight, but thanks to Twitter she gave us a drunk recap of the whole thing!
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    M.I.A. is one of six artist who have taken over the Beck's bottle this summer. We believe in supporting independent thinkers. And the world can always use more art and less labels. Other artists include Aerosyn-Lex from New York, Bert Rodriguez from Los Angeles, Freegums from Miami, Geoff McFetridge from Los Angeles and Willy...
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    COME WALK WITH ME MIA . MATANGI 2012
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    DJ PAUL KOMTV "BOUT DAT LIFE" FROM DA NEW MIXTAPE "FOR I HAVE SINNED"
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    The Hill’s Karen Finney, The Guardian’s Ana Marie Cox and Georgetown University’s Michael Eric Dyson debate the effectiveness of “Marvelous” Mitt Romney’s latest line of attack about an allegedly M.I.A. president.
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    Teen sensation Hatty Keane fresh from her M.I.A. cover of Bad Girls puts her spin on Lana Del Rey's National Anthem. Look out for new material from Hatty in the coming months. For all things Hatty Keane check out www.hattykeane.com
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    http://www.facebook.com/trasherbangkok It's time to pay a tribute to the QUEEN of pop music , the one and only Madonna. With a low budget , this is how Madonna do music video in Bangkok . This is just a parody so don't take anything serious . We do it with love of pop music. For those who in Bangkok , come to our Trasher...
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    Madonna, Nicky Minaj, M.I.A : On set of - Give Me All Your Luvin' 2012
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