What is MIA short for?
Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam known by her stage name M.I.A. is a British rapper, singer and anti-vaccination activist. Her music combines elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop and world music with electric instruments and samples. M.I.A.’s first two albums, Arular (2005) and Kala (2007) received widespread critical acclaim for their fusion of hip-hop, electronic, and…
Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam known by her stage name M.I.A. is a British rapper, singer and anti-vaccination activist. Her music combines elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop and world music with electric instruments and samples.
M.I.A.’s first two albums, Arular (2005) and Kala (2007) received widespread critical acclaim for their fusion of hip-hop, electronic, and world music. The single “Paper Planes” from Kala reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and sold over four million copies.
What is MIA short for?
Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam adopted her stage name, “M.I.A.”, standing for “Missing In Acton” during this time. In her 2012 book, Arulpragasam writes, “M.I.A. came to be because of my missing cousin. I wanted to make a film about where he was since he was M.I.A. in Sri Lanka. We were the same age, and went to the same schools growing up. I was also living in Acton at the time.
So I was living in Acton looking for my cousin missing in action. Of her time in Bequia, she said “I started going out to this chicken shed with a sound system. You buy rum through a hatch and dance in the street.
They convinced me to come to church where people sing so amazingly. But I couldn’t clap along to hallelujah.
