Mia biography maya arulpragasam 2018

British rapper (born )

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam^[2]MBE^[3] (Tamil: மாதங்கி 'மாயா' அருள்பிரகாசம்; born 18 July ), known professionally as M.I.A. (Tamil: எம்.ஐ.ஏ.; an initialism for both "Missing in Action" and "Missing in Acton"), is a British rapper, record producer, songwriter and singer.

Her music combines elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop and world music with electronic instruments and samples.

Born in London to Sri Lankan Tamil parents, M.I.A.

Mia biography maya arulpragasam 2018

and her family moved to Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka when she was six months old. As a child, she experienced displacement caused by the Sri Lankan Civil War, which made the family return to London as refugees when M.I.A. was 11 years old; the war had a defining influence on M.I.A.'s artistry.

She started out as a visual artist, filmmaker and designer in , and began her recording career in One of the first acts to come to public attention through the Internet,^[4]