Uber-fashionable, neon-print-loving musician M.I.A. tweeted about meeting Anna Wintour yesterday, and dished the details of what she wore: a suit from...
Posted 10.12.2009 | Impact
M.I.A. has never been afraid to be controversial. A member of the Tamil ethnic group, her positions against the Sri Lankan government have often resul...
Posted 10.05.2009 | Comedy
Via Buzzfeed comes this awesome M.I.A. remix featuring cats and dogs "singing" "Paper Planes." Whether or not they fully embody her highly political m...
Modiba | Posted 09.06.2009 | World
Congo-born artist Marie Daulne has worked with some of hip hop's biggest names, including the Roots, Talib Kweli and Common. But as child, TV and radio was forbidden in her home.
Huffington Post | Posted 08.22.2009 | Style
M.I.A. turned heads with the short and sheer dress she rocked at February's Grammy Awards. At the time she was nine months pregnant, and just days fro...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.23.2009 | World
June 20th was World Refugee Day. Here's our list of some of the most famous refugees ever. Know of other famous refugees? Leave your suggestions i...
Derek Flood | Posted 06.15.2009 | World
While the Sri Lankan government appears to be close to consolidating its hold on the country's turbulent northeast, a massive humanitarian drama, largely unseen by the international media, is unfolding.
Rob Tacy | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
Let's show our brave men and women, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters who fought in Iraq that the sacrifices they have made for our continued safety have been appreciated.
AP | RYAN PEARSON | Posted 05.20.2009 | Entertainment
INDIO, Calif. — M.I.A. gave the main stage at Coachella her best shot. It just didn't work out. After a strong start, a few hiccups, and a some...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.26.2009 | Green
Earlier this week, I posted 5 or 6 bike-related music videos (which, with the help of commenters and our Facebook page users, grew into a veritable co...
tmz.com | Posted Mar 21st 2009 10:25AM by TMZ Staff | Posted 04.21.2009 | Entertainment
We got our hands on singer M.I.A's new baby's birth certificate and, as she disputed on her blog, the baby's name is not Ickitt. That's just ridiculou...
E! Online | Posted 04.06.2009 | Entertainment
M.I.A.'s son may not have such a hard time of it after all. The British-born rapper of Sri Lankan descent, whose real name is Mathangi "Maya" Arulpra...
Tavis Smiley | Posted 03.21.2009 | World
Today I spoke with Sri Lanka's Foreign Secretary, Dr. Palitha Kohona, who took exception to hip hop artist M.I.A.'s remarks made on my show three weeks ago.
AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 03.17.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Call her Mamma M.I.A. The Grammy- and Oscar-nominated rapper has announced on her MySpace blog that she has given birth to a son. ...
nytimes.com | THOMAS FULLER | Posted 03.13.2009 | World
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - To many Americans, Maya Arulpragasam, known as M.I.A., is the very pregnant rapper who gyrated across the stage at Sunday's Gramm...
The Huffington Post | Posted 03.11.2009 | Style
Let's be honest: the real winner at Sunday night's Grammy Awards was rapper M.I.A.'s pregnant belly, draped in show-stopping sheer ensemble during her...
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment
Sunday night's Grammy Awards turned out boldfaced names from across the industry, from Paul McCartney to Lil Wayne to Neil Diamond to a heavily-pregna...
AP | NATALIE ROTMAN | Posted 03.10.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — M.I.A.'s planned performance at the Grammys might be more labor intensive than most. The pregnant rapper is nominated for two Gra...
Modiba | Posted 03.02.2009 | World
Forget Baile Funk. Make way for Angola's pulse-pounding Kuduro music. Spurring a new ghetto-born movement, Kuduro, or "hard-ass" in Portuguese, is set to take over nightclubs across the globe.
Ashley Van Buren | Posted 12.21.2008 | Living
The 4REAL team works hard at matching an artist with a country and community leader in the hopes of spurring a connection between the two parties.
Posted 10.13.2009 | Style