M.I.A. is armed with a brand-new record deal — with Island Records — and a new song: “The One.” This comes about six months after “Babylon,” a single M.I.A. released as part of an auction of her 2010 mixtape Vicki Leekx as an NFT. Prior to that, M.I.A. teamed up with Young Thug and Trav...

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Portola Music Festival is a new event that’s headed to San Francisco’s Pier 80 this September. Its name, as a press release notes, alludes to 1909’s Portola Festival, which took place three years after the city’s devastating 1906 earthquake. Its inaugural lineup includes a whole bunch of good names.

Earlier this year, M.I.A. launched an non-fungible token (NFT) art exhibit. Now, she’s launched an auction of her 2010 mixtape Vicki Leekx as an NFT. She’s also shared a music video for a new track, “Babylon,” which you can watch in full via ohmni.com.

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