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The star hits out at industry censorship in new interview Rapper, singer-songwriter M.I.A. performs during The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20th Anniversary Tour at Festival Pier at Penn's Landing on July 13, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty ImagesM.I.A. has said that she is no longer “motivated” to release new music, blaming censorship from the music industry. Following the release of her documentary, Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. last month, M.I.A made the comments in an interview for The House of Strombo. M.I.A added that she needs to focus on another means of releasing music: “for me, I […]The post M.I.A says she’s quitting music for now, blaming censorship: “I have to find another way” appeared first on NME.
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Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon get lonely, so as mentioned, their N.A.S.A. project includes more guests than Disneyland. So far they've paraded out M.I.A., Spank Rock, Santigold, and Nick Zinner for "Whachadoin" and "The People Tree" featured David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip (which beat Department Of Eagles to their Marcel Dzama cl...
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M.I.A.: Baby Name a Bit of a Sticky Ickitt (Again)
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E! Online - Don't you love when stars spank the press for getting things wrong, and then it turns out later that the press really didn't get things wrong? OK, maybe it's just us. Usually these alleged wrongs later proven right are about breakups and rehab. But here's another whoop-de-doo case in point: Brit-born Sri Lankan singer M.I.A. naming h...
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M.I.A.: Joins Coachella '09 Line-Up
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She tweeted the news last night, and it was confirmed earlier today. Maya replaces dropout Amy Winehouse on Saturday and it'll be her first performance since giving birth to a beautiful baby boy not named Ickitt.
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M.I.A.: New Rye Rye (Feat. M.I.A.) - "Bang"
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The Rye Rye/M.I.A. connections run deep: the pair toured relentlessly on the back of Kala, Rye teamed up with Afrikan Boy on the Paper Planes (Homeland Security Remixes) EP, now the 18 year-old is releasing her debut LP on Mama Arulpragasam's nascent N.E.E.T. label. M.I.A. doesn't do much more than "Bang" repeatedly on this Blaqstarr-produced tr...
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M.I.A.: denies she's given her baby an unusual celebrity name
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M.I.A. has denied that she has named her baby boy Ickitt following media reports about her recently-born child's moniker.
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