MIA

Quick Facts

Full Name	MIA
Occupation	Rapper
Date Of Birth	Jul 18, 1975(1975-07-18)
Age	49
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Cancer

MIA Biography

MIA is one of the most popular and richest Rapper who was born on July 18, 1975 in London, England, United Kingdom. Sri Lankan-British rapper and visual artist best known for her hits “Paper Planes,” “Bad Girls,” and “Bring the Noize.”

She was heavily involved in international politics, and expressed her support for embattled Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.

Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam MBE (born 18 July 1975), known by her stage name M.I.A. (/ɛ m aɪ eɪ / ), is a British rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. Combining elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop, and world music, her early compositions relied heavily on the Roland MC-505 music sequencer and drum machine, whilst her later work marked an evolution in her sound with rare instruments, electronics, and unusual sound samples. M.I.A.’s music lyrically incorporates a range of political, social, philosophical and cultural references. M.I.A. has embarked on five global headlining tours and is the founder of her own multimedia label, N.E.E.T.

Contrary to her present style, M.I.A.’s Arular era style has been described as “tattered hand me downs and patched T-shirts of indigents”, embodying the “uniform of the refugee” but modified with cuts, alterations and colours to fashion a distinctly new style and apparel line. M.I.A. built on this during the Kala era with a “playful” combination of baggy T-shirts, leggings and short-shorts. She incorporated eccentric accessories in bold patterns, sparkle and “over-saturated” neon colour to fashion her signature style which inspired flocks of “garishly-clothed all-too-sassy” new-rave girls with bright red tights, cheetah-skin smock and faded 1980s T- shirts. Her commodifying and performance of this refugee image has been noted to “reposition” perceptions of it in the wider public. Hailed as presenting a challenge to the mainstream with her ironic style, M.I.A. has been praised for dictating such a subcultural trend worldwide, combining “adolescent” frustrations of race and class with a strong desire to dance. Eddy Lawrence of Time Out commented how her multi genre style contributed to her being beloved of the broadsheet fashionistas yet simultaneously patron saint and pin-up for the Day-Glo nu- rave kids. Similarly, Mary Beth Ray, in the book Rock Brands: Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture writes that M.I.A.’s hybrid style addressed a number of social and political issues including power, violence, identity and survival in a globalised world, while using avenues that challenged “traditional” definitions of what it meant to be a contemporary pop artist.

She had a five year relationship with DJ Diplo. From 2008 to 2012 she dated billionaire environmentalist Benjamin Bronfman. She gave birth to their son, Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman, in 2009.

MIA Net Worth

MIA is one of the richest Rapper from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, MIA 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born Mathangi Arulpragasam, she was always an artist. She published a book of her paintings inspired by the Tamil Rebellion in her native Sri Lanka.

Her hit “Paper Planes” hit multi-Platinum certification in Canada and the U.S., was certified Gold in New Zealand, and reached the Top 20 on the world charts.

Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam was born on 18 July 1975, in Hounslow, London, the daughter of Arul Pragasam, a Sri Lankan Tamil engineer, writer, and activist, and his wife, Kala, a seamstress. When she was six months old, her family moved to Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka, where her brother Sugu was born. There, her father adopted the name Arular and became a political activist and founding member of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS), a political Tamil group affiliated with the LTTE. The first 11 years of Arulpragasam’s life were marked by displacement caused by the Sri Lankan Civil War. Her family went into hiding from the Sri Lankan Army, and Arulpragasam had little contact with her father during this period. She has described her family as living in “big-time” poverty during her childhood but also recalls some of her happiest memories from growing up in Jaffna. Maya attended Catholic convent schools such as the Holy Family Convent, Jaffna, where she developed her art skills—painting in particular—to work her way up her class.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is MIA Dating?

According to our records, MIA is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, MIA’s is not dating anyone.

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M.I.A. has become known for integrating her imagery of political violence into her music videos and her cover art. Her politically inspired art became recognised while she exhibited and published several of her brightly coloured stencils and paintings portraying the tiger, a symbol of Tamil nationalism, ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and urban Britain in the early 2000s. Lyrics on Arular regarding her experiences of identity politics, poverty, revolution, gender and sexual stereotypes, war, and the conditions of working class in London were hailed as new and unorthodox, setting her apart from previous artists. The album references the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Tamil independence movements and features culture jamming, multi-lingual slang, strident and subtle imagery. Her albums’ social commentary and storytelling have incited debate on the “invigoratingly complex” politics of the issues she highlighted in the album, breaking taboos while the West was engaged in the 2003 Iraq War in the Middle East during the Presidency of George W. Bush. Government visits to her official website following her debut album’s release in 2005, and a US refusal to grant M.I.A. a travel visa coupled with her brief presence on the US Homeland Security Risk List in 2006 due to her politically charged lyrics led to her second album Kala being recorded in a variety of locations around the world. The American Civil Liberties Union described the actions as part of a trend of ideological exclusion by the state which was detrimental to democracy by “censoring and manipulating debate”. In October 2016, she revealed on her Instagram that she had finally been approved for a US visa.

Facts & Trivia

MIA Ranked on the list of most popular Rapper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. MIA celebrates birthday on July 18 of every year.

Among M.I.A.’s accolades include two American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, Brit Award, three Grammy Awards and the Mercury Prize; she is the first person of South Asian descent to be nominated for an Academy Award and Grammy Award in the same year. She was named one of the defining artists of the 2000s decade by Rolling Stone in its “Best of the Decade” list in December 2009. Time named her one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2009, and Esquire ranked M.I.A. on its list of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century. According to Billboard, she was one of the “Top 50 Dance/Electronic Artists of the 2010s”. M.I.A. was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for her services to music.

What ethnicity is MIA?

M.I.A., byname of Maya Arulpragasam, (born July 18, 1975, London, England), British-born Sri Lankan rapper who achieved global fame with politically charged dance music.

Who did Mia marry?

Edgar Bronfman Jr. He is the second-eldest child of actress Sherry Brewer and Edgar Bronfman Jr. the former CEO of Warner Music Group. He and musician and activist Mathangi “M.I.A.” Arulpragasam, better known under the stage name M.I.A., were engaged from 2009-2012 and have a son together.

Why did Mia stop making music?

M.I.A says she’s quitting music for now, blaming censorship : “I have to find another way” M.I.A. has said that she is no longer “motivated” to release new music, blaming censorship from the music industry.

Is MIA from Saudi Arabia?

Takes on Saudi Stereotypes in Solidarity with Women to Drive Movement. Bad Girls’ is a song by Maya “M.I.A.” Arulpragasam, the British-Sri Lankan artist. The video, which was shot in Morocco, was created in solidarity with the women to drive movement of Saudi Arabia.

What does Mia slang mean?

MIA is an abbreviation for ‘ missing in action. ‘ [mainly US]