A very pregnant M.I.A. performed at Diesel's thirtieth anniversary party on Saturday night in Brooklyn. In an interview with Pitchfork, the 'retired' (from tours, at least) artist confirmed her first child with fiancée/The Exit frontman Ben Brewer."When I found out I was pregnant and 'Paper

Last year's Clash-sampling, terror-ific "Paper Planes" found a second life this summer, thanks to Pineapple Express and a bunch of hot rappers. Maya tells Rolling Stone, "The way human beings hear stuff, it's like, suddenly a song sounds better to you because it's been in a movie." Sensing that we've heard enough shitty covers by now, Mad Decent...

Photos by Kathryn YuAs promised, more photos from Saturday night's Diesel-sponsored xXx party at Pier 3 in Brooklyn. In a word, shit was BANANAS, with a visibly preggers M.I.A. making her first live appearance since Bonnaroo (joined by N.E.R.D. and Rye Rye), T.I. turning up unannounced and performing with Franz Ferdinand (plus both acts joining ...

Photos by Kathryn YuIn case the big lovely bump in her belly up there didn't clue you in, M.I.A. has some news for us. "I'm creating a baby," she revealed to Pitchfork's Jessica Suarez in an interview just prior to her performance at Diesel's ridonculous xXx party in NYC Saturday night. "I've got two kids, that's what it feels like."The full int...

Hip-hop's sleeper romance with eminently deserving London boundary-smasher M.I.A. is a fun thing to behold. The love affair probably peaked, profile-wise anyway, with Kanye West's lackluster appropriation of Kala's Clash-sampling "Paper Planes" for T.I.'s "Swagger Like Us", with such famous swaggerers as Jay-Z and Lil Wayne. But this has been a ...