M.I.A.

E64116
British musician Sri Lankan musician human rapper rapper from the United Kingdom record producer singer songwriter visual artist

M.I.A. is a British-Sri Lankan rapper, singer, and visual artist known for her politically charged lyrics and genre-blending hits like "Paper Planes."

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
M.I.A. canonical 62
MIA 2
Christina Aguilera featuring M.I.A. 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British musician ⓘ
Sri Lankan musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
rapper from the United Kingdom ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 2000 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mathangi Arulpragasam ⓘ
surface form: Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam

Maya ⓘ
birthName Mathangi Arulpragasam ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1975-07-18 ⓘ
debutAlbum Arular ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tamil ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Tamil
fifthAlbum AIM ⓘ
fourthAlbum Matangi ⓘ
genre alternative hip hop ⓘ
dance music ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
world music ⓘ
hasChild Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman ⓘ
influencedBy electronic music ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
world music ⓘ
knownFor genre-blending music ⓘ
politically charged lyrics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name M.I.A. self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ
notableWork AIM ⓘ
Arular ⓘ
Bad Girls ⓘ
Borders ⓘ
Born Free ⓘ
Bucky Done Gun ⓘ
Galang ⓘ
Kala ⓘ
Matangi ⓘ
Maya ⓘ
Paper Planes ⓘ
Paper Planes ⓘ
surface form: Paper Planes (song)

Sunshowers ⓘ
XXXO ⓘ
occupation rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hounslow ⓘ
surface form: Hounslow, London, England
secondAlbum Kala ⓘ
thirdAlbum Maya ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Super Bowl XLVI → halftimeShowPerformer → M.I.A. ⓘ
M.I.A. → name → M.I.A. self-link ⓘ
Illangelo → associatedAct → M.I.A. ⓘ
Illangelo → collaboratedWith → M.I.A. ⓘ
The Cookbook → featuresArtist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Super Bowl XLVI halftime show → guestPerformer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Owl Pharaoh → hasTrack → M.I.A. ⓘ
this entity surface form: MIA
XL Recordings → notableWork → M.I.A. ⓘ
this entity surface form: M.I.A. album Kala
Switch → collaboratedWith → M.I.A. ⓘ
Switch → associatedAct → M.I.A. ⓘ
Diplo → associatedAct → M.I.A. ⓘ
Elastic Love → featuredArtist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Elastic Love → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Elastic Love → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Elastic Love → featuresRapperOrMC → M.I.A. ⓘ
Elastic Love → performedBy → M.I.A. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christina Aguilera featuring M.I.A.
Wesley Pentz → collaboratedWith → M.I.A. ⓘ
Thomas Wesley Pentz → notableCollaboration → M.I.A. ⓘ
Maya → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Maya → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Maya → producer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Richard X → collaboratedWith → M.I.A. ⓘ
Mathangi Arulpragasam → stageName → M.I.A. ⓘ
Mathangi Arulpragasam → stageName → M.I.A. ⓘ
this entity surface form: MIA
Paper Planes → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Paper Planes → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Paper Planes → vocalist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Paper Planes → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Paper Planes → producer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Born Free → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Born Free → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Born Free → vocalist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Born Free → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Sunshowers → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Sunshowers → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Sunshowers → vocalist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Sunshowers → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Bucky Done Gun → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Bucky Done Gun → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Borders → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Borders → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Borders → vocalist → M.I.A. ⓘ
Borders → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Borders → composer → M.I.A. ⓘ
Borders → musicVideoDirector → M.I.A. ⓘ
XXXO → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ
XXXO → albumArtist → M.I.A. ⓘ
XXXO → songwriter → M.I.A. ⓘ
XXXO → musicVideoDirector → M.I.A. ⓘ
XXXO → partOfDiscographyOf → M.I.A. ⓘ