What does M.I.A. (rapper) do for living?
Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, a British rapper, singer, and anti-vaccine activist was born on July 18, 1975. She is better known by her stage name M.I.A., which stands for “Missing in Action” and “Missing in Acton.” Her music combines aspects of alternative, dance, electronic, hip-hop, and world music using electric instruments and samples. When M.I.A. was…
Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, a British rapper, singer, and anti-vaccine activist was born on July 18, 1975. She is better known by her stage name M.I.A., which stands for “Missing in Action” and “Missing in Acton.”
Her music combines aspects of alternative, dance, electronic, hip-hop, and world music using electric instruments and samples.
When M.I.A. was just six months old, her family moved to Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka from London, where she was born to Tamil immigrants from Sri Lanka.
The family had to migrate to London when M.I.A. was 11 years old since the Sri Lankan Civil War uprooted them when she was a little child. The war significantly influenced M.I.A.’s aesthetic perspective.
In 2000, she began her career as a visual artist, filmmaker, and designer. In 2002, she started her music career. Her tracks “Sunshowers” and “Galang” helped her gain early success as an underground musician in early 2004.
She was one of the first performers to get widespread attention over the Internet.
What does M.I.A. (rapper) do for living?
M.I.A. is a British rapper, singer, and producer.
