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M.I.A.
Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam MBE, known professionally as M.I.A., is a British rapper, record producer, and singer. Her music combines elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop and world music with electronic instruments and samples. Born in London to Sri Lankan Tamil parents, M.I.A. and her family moved to Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka when she was six months old. As a child, she experienced displacement caused by the Sri Lankan Civil War, which made the family return to London as refugees when M.I.A. was 11 years old; the war had a defining influence on M.I.A.'s artistry. She started out as a visual artist, filmmaker and designer in 2000, and began her recording career in 2002. One of the first acts to come to public attention through the Internet, she saw early fame as an underground artist in early 2004 with her singles "Sunshowers" and "Galang". M.I.A.'s first two albums, Arular and Kala, received widespread critical acclaim for their fusion of hip hop, electronic, and world music influences. The latter's single, "Paper Planes", peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and received a nomination for Record of the Year at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._(rapper)) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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Bad Girls
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Time Traveller
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Borders E
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Paper Planes
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Paper Planes (Afrikan Boy & Rye Rye Remix)
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Albums

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MATA

Album • 2022
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/\/\ /\ Y /\

Album • 2010
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AIM (Deluxe)

Album • 2016
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Kala

Album • 2007
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Matangi

Album • 2013
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Arular

Album • 2005
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/\/\ /\ Y /\ (Deluxe Edition)

Album • 2010

Singles

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Beep

2022
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P. O. W. A

2017
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Bring The Noize

2013
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Popular

2022
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Matahdatah Scroll 01 "Broader Than A Border"

2015
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IT TAKES A MUSCLE

2010
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The One

2022
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M.I.A.'s Sexodus Re-Loaded With War (feat. War Syntaire)

2015
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Up Inna (feat. BEAM, Cham & Alicai Harley)

2020
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Come Walk With Me

2013

Videos

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Paper Planes Closed Captioned

M.I.A. • 293M views
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Bucky Done Gun Closed Captioned

M.I.A. • 17M views
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Popular

M.I.A. • 1.6M views
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Bad Girls

M.I.A. • 66M views
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Bring The Noize

M.I.A. • 6.7M views
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Galang Closed Captioned, Clean Version

M.I.A. • 10M views
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Borders

M.I.A. • 30M views
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Paper Planes (Diplo street remix) (feat. Rich Boy & Bun B)

M.I.A. • 4.3M views

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BPM Overload

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Sub Condiment

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Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert

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It Was A Good Day

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