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There are four known artists under this name:
(1) Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, a British alternative dance musician and graphic artist of Tamil descent.
(2) An 80’s American punk/hardcore band
(3) An Argentinian progressive folk collective
(4) An alias of Raphael Merriweathers Jr.
(1) Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, (born 17 July 1977 in Hounslow, London, U.K.) is a British artist of Sri Lankan descent. As a baby she moved with her family to their native Sri Lanka, where her father became increasingly politically active in militant activities. As the Civil War escalated the rest of the family was forced to flee as refugees, first to India and then the UK. “M.I.A.” [“Missing In Action”] references both her London neighborhood (Acton) and her politically tumultuous youth.
Her style contains elements of hip-hop, reggae, alternative, dance hall, electro and baile funk and is strongly inspired by her Sri Lankan background.
(2) American Punk/Hardcore band formed in Orange County, CA in 1981 by Chris Moon, drums; Mike Conley, bass; Nick Adams, guitar (all previously of Las Vegas, NV punk band The Swell); and Art Carasco, vocals. Their sound was generally hardcore and thrasher, though they produced more melodic and progressive sounds in their later albums. Allmusic called the band “one of the 50 best So-Cal punk bands of the great early-’80s second wave explosion.
(1) Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, a British alternative dance musician and graphic artist of Tamil descent.
(2) An 80’s American punk/hardcore band
(3) An Argentinian progressive folk collective
(4) An alias of Raphael Merriweathers Jr.
(1) Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, (born 17 July 1977 in Hounslow, London, U.K.) is a British artist of Sri Lankan descent. As a baby she moved with her family to their native Sri Lanka, where her father became increasingly politically active in militant activities. As the Civil War escalated the rest of the family was forced to flee as refugees, first to India and then the UK. “M.I.A.” [“Missing In Action”] references both her London neighborhood (Acton) and her politically tumultuous youth.
Her style contains elements of hip-hop, reggae, alternative, dance hall, electro and baile funk and is strongly inspired by her Sri Lankan background.
(2) American Punk/Hardcore band formed in Orange County, CA in 1981 by Chris Moon, drums; Mike Conley, bass; Nick Adams, guitar (all previously of Las Vegas, NV punk band The Swell); and Art Carasco, vocals. Their sound was generally hardcore and thrasher, though they produced more melodic and progressive sounds in their later albums. Allmusic called the band “one of the 50 best So-Cal punk bands of the great early-’80s second wave explosion.
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xXxjaninexXx wrote:
her clothing style is awesome and very original! and the new picture is amazing! :D so shut up.
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perkins_o1 wrote:
lol. the new pic is awesome.
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andrenetoo wrote:
@m-minas i do agree with you, her clothing style is very weird :S
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m-minas wrote:
I really like her music, but her clothing and art style - duh. I don't know what others see in it. Yeah great it's Sri-Lanka inspired, but for me it's just a senseless connection of everything, in a bad way which makes your eyes hurt.
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rollerthing wrote:
Jimmy <3
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RoundxDisc wrote:
i expected her to be shitty electro pop crap or something, but i listened to a couple of her songs and they werent that bad. im suprised.
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Pnkchik wrote:
How do yu listen to the song.?.!?!
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JonathanCoker wrote:
@thedudebelowme: it's...called...sampling...a...song...wow.
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temeeu wrote:
you really need to listen to The Clash's song Straight To Hell... M.I.A's song Paper Planes has THE EXACT SAME MELODY in it... total rip-off from M.I.A
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avrilsmaleslut wrote:
lol I didn't know BET nominated her as best new artist
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avrilsmaleslut wrote:
KageNaraku, how dare you
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sodope wrote:
lol @ omigodrhinos... i concur
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Kimberleeey wrote:
New album please? <3
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KageNaraku wrote:
I know the fans probably hate to hear it but I love paper planes. I can't get down with anything else I've heard, maybe birdflu.
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The_Slickness wrote:
If she's going to continue with politically charged lyrics, she has a wealth of material since Kala came out.
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AmeHana wrote:
Jimmy is amazing!
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xXxjaninexXx wrote:
she does have some pretty good songs other than "Paper Planes". honestly Im tired of hearing "Paper Planes" on the radio all the time although Im glad she's getting some exposure because she's one of the best female rappers ever. her rhymes are sick hah. but these songs are good too: "Jimmy", "Sunshowers", "Fire Fire", "Amazon", "10 Dollar", "Bamboo Banga", "XR2", "Paper Planet [Holy Fuck RMX]" not all her songs are amazing but all of them are original and inventive and creative. in plus of the fact that her music can't even be really classified into a genre. she created her own. :D
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Sobakasu_ wrote:
i dont think santogold is similar to her at all. on like 2 tracks maybe
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Sobakasu_ wrote:
big bad wolf came over to my ranch took all mah land left me with a branch
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Omigodrhinos wrote:
I like Paper Planes and all, but 16,423?? Really????
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