M.I.A

British-bred Maya Arulparasm, Sri-Lankan, singer/songwriter/graphic artist has a past checkered by political strife. Her father established the Eelam--the Tamil student group that raised hell in Sri-Lanka.

I learned about them from Love Marriage by Sugi V.G...Jo's friend who once came to tea.

M.I.A's song Paper Planes has taken the radio by storm. She has a lot of influences in her music but it's rooted in fusion. She lives in Bed-Stuy with her baby daddy Ben from The Exit. Go New York!

I'm a bit taken with the trajectory of her career and general motion of her life.