New Star M.I.A
Mathangi "Maya" (born 17 July 1977)better known by her stage name M.I.A., is a British songwriter, record producer, vocalist and artist.
An accomplished visual artist by 2002, she came to prominence in early 2004 through file-sharing of her singles "Galang" and "Sunshowers" on the InternetShe released her Mercury Prize nominated debut album Arular in 2005. Her second album, Kala, was released in 2007 and gained her mainstream chart success and a Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year in the US with her single "Paper Planes"
Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam was born in London, the daughter of Kala and Arul Pragasam.[4] Her family is of Tamil descent.When she was six months of age, her family moved back to their native Sri Lanka. Motivated by his wish to support the Tamil militancy on the island, her father became a political activist, adopting the name Arular, and was a founding member of The Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS), a political Tamil group that worked to establish an independent Tamil Eelam. Her alias, M.I.A., stands for both Missing in Acton and Missing in Action.What out M.I.A at
