M.I.A - Interview

[cocothevamp]

she sounds British no sri anka or whatever she from but I do love her music

[TheScaryCreature]

@cocothevamp thts how my friend talks lyk 2 but she is african american hmmm

[tcharr7]

That thing she does with her upper lip... So cute. xD

[videozlove]

Her skin looks like smooth Carmelle:)

[doodle397]

<3

[erlath27]

i always thought she was puuuurty

[iwoulddieforyouhh]

<3 <3 <3

[starestrellakal]

she is so badass to just go over that and freestyle make it :) <3 so sad that sri lankan government took the video down :( solidarity for tamil people <3 love you mia <3

[Chamath5]

Tamil sucide bombers we will kill u all noobs

[treehuggerdude4]

@Chamath5 thats unfair. You are misjudging an entire group of people. Its prejudice and discrimination.

[shadowfanguy]

shes crazy but she is cool

[SNAKEEYESSAM]

2 questions...whats up with her "humpty hump" nose? and why have i not heard anything from her since paper airplanes?love that song.

[Benathol]

<3

[MrDjoyahs]

I love her sexy accent!

[ushouldgotosleep]

Idk what the guy before me is talking about

[ushouldgotosleep]

She's fucking sexy

[MrDjoyahs]

@ushouldgotosleep Agreed! but rainbow8091 on the other hand has no Idea what he is talking about!

[rainbow8091]

this bitch is ugly

[000guitarplayer]

stoner lol

[Jadiepoprocks1]

<3

[OUWATZAHLE08]

how can people say shes attractive she sucks balls

[Srilankacustoms]

she is speaking like shes american she is from Srilanka its like pakistan even wprse than India

[thewilliam206]

@Srilankacustoms shes speaking in a british accent you idiot. English accents are very common from people in India/Sri Lanka because they ruled there and taught them their language. Hence English is the national language of India.

[Srilankacustoms]

@thewilliam206  WTF you are telling Srilanka and India are the same

[thewilliam206]

@Srilankacustoms No... I'm saying their very close to each other and have the same accents because of the British.

[TheTimbalanders]

@thewilliam206 that wouldn't mean they would have English accents. They would have indian ones, M.I.A only has an English accent cos she was raised in London

[thewilliam206]

@TheTimbalanders ah that makes sense actually. But still, I've been to India and there are many British accents there, so i had assumed she had the same thing.

[BoyWithBlackWings07]

@thewilliam206 No she grew up in England. If she grew up in Sri Lanka she would obv. have a Sri Lankan accent.

[thewilliam206]

@BoyWithBlackWings07 yeah i mixed her up actually, but either way there are a lot of people in India/sri lanka with english accents, i've been to india, and at the hotel i was at, almost everyone was Indian-English and spoke in english accents, probably because they were raised hearing it so often. However i think from what i've seen the lower class speaks Hindi and has indian accents.

[YouSeeWhatISay]

@Srilankacustoms

wow get over yourself, are you really judging someone based on their accent? wow.

[blueramos]

i like the paper planes(slumdog millionaire).. Diplo was good in mixing ;) thats the only song i knew from MIA... though she's a lucky girl to have Diplo once... :)

[lipevolcom2]

Brazil quiet down she needs to make a sound!!

[MortenSBonde]

"Act your race" ... And what is that supposed to mean? You little racialist you!

[zigzagbigbag]

Anytime a white, asian, indian/srl act getto black I find it laughable. Its such an act. Grow up people and act your race. Dont try being something your not.

[MortenSBonde]

@zigzagbigbag "Act your race" what is that supposed to mean?

[zigzagbigbag]

@MortenSBonde you know.

[RQColombia]

@zigzagbigbag

in my younger years i would've agree with you on this one..

Till I saw that it's not what race you are, but how u grow up...

Sow I guess you still got some growing up 2 do

[monkeyhead360]

@zigzagbigbag so every black man wearing a tie to work is laughable because he's trying to live like a white man?

[zigzagbigbag]

@monkeyhead360 black guys wear ties? where? when? i only see backward caps and pants around the knees. and thats no sterotype.

[samyoe]

@zigzagbigbag quite the contrary, you are stereotyping black people. Get out more. Try getting a job and maybe save even up to explore the world and to see how other people, not just black people, actually live. People fear what they do not know.

[XgokkunX]

@zigzagbigbag You are everything wrong with this world.

[VampireWeirdoFreak42]

she is a really mean person and a bad role model

[amelephant]

if she was more articulate her international impact would be much greater. she needs to match her ambition and the scope of her artistic ideas with her ability to express them in words to be more appreciated. but i really like her.

[dimpBabi]

did anybody notice the titty in the back picture

[lumberj23]

She is cute. Very cute. I wanna hug her.

[TheMegaMustaches]

@Barazer56 what the hell i said she IS pretty ? dumb idk what you are talking aboutttt.

[bigvoltron]

She is so beautiful!!

[TheMegaMustaches]

I think shes very pretty ? Guys your ignorant.

[THEFANLOVEKLAN]

<3 

[brittc18]

wtf i cant view the bird flu video becuz it contains content from umg?????//// wat does that mean

[xbigxevilx]

i dont like her music but i will poke her =P

[miamiwax]

i'd smash.. politely

[MoPar7055]

Where is she from?

[coutsoulis]

@MoPar7055 Sri Lanka.

[SqueekyStallion1]

@coutsoulis No she's not. She was born in England.

[TheNYTEman]

@SqueekyStallion1 actually it was shri lanka, she was RAISED in london tho

[SqueekyStallion1]

@TheNYTEman Actually she was born in London.

Actually.

Then moved to Sri Lanka not 'shri' lanka because her dad is from there.

[TheNYTEman]

@SqueekyStallion1 thats not what she said

[SqueekyStallion1]

@TheNYTEman She was born in Hounslow, West London.

I don't care what you say.

[TheNYTEman]

@SqueekyStallion1 your actin like im that dude who GAAAVE a fuck....? im not the one who said it, sheesh, SHEEEE said it in an interview so stop arguing with me and go search the video, gotdamn

[apedosmi1]

@TheNYTEman Squeeky is correct. She was born in London to Sri Lankan parents, her family moved back to Sri Lanka with her when she was six months old. When she was 11 Maya and her mother and sister moved back to London again due to the civil war in Sri Lanka. She might have said she came from Sri Lanka because she doesn't really regard the first six months of her life as particularly important (fair enough) but she was born in London.

[TheNYTEman]

@MoPar7055 shri lanka but raised in south london

[NIoxTV1]

hermosaamnt cute!!

[80sKatt]

Big nose

[SqueekyStallion1]

@80sKatt Small dick.

[montclair2007]

you looklikemy girlfriendbeth

[FUCKTHEWORLDALREADY]

I'd fuck this little Sri Lankan bitch

[Candra13711]

She is soo pretty, wish I looked like her, <3 her accent too

[Samuel115s]

no ofence but this girls is some UGLY dark skind INDIAN

[EarthquakeMachine]

@Samuel115s hahaha really?

she´s not the cutest but have so much fucking talent

like 100 times more than u asshole hahaah

bring it on sissy

[JoeBalooka96]

@Samuel115s 1. She is Sri Lankan, 2. Fuck you.

[SnraCuerpo]

@Samuel115s jealous much

[Samuel115s]

@SnraCuerpo jelous of what her ugly face why would a boy be jelous of a girl

[97xoxoGossipGirl]

@Samuel115s urrmmm....So what if shes dark skinned so what if shes ugly even tho shes not who gives a shit if shes indian the world is fucked upp it aint even about wethere she lux gud or not its her muzik and her muzik is quite gud 2 be honest

[XxxRowan90]

i actually really hate her voice. she's a good artist. but she's got such an annoying talkign voice

[mshuma1000]

@XxxRowan90  fuck off

[XxxRowan90]

@mshuma1000 no, i'm not american so i'm not all like "oh maii goadd, i lovvvee her british accent"

[rachbachchopinlover8]

@MoriahWhittaker are u fuc*ing blind....this curry bitch is ugly....looks like a slut! 

[ElEstelloluvsPF]

I LOVE HER ACCENT!

[getgln]

luv her ♥

[WeAreTheSpiics]

@brainfoodjunky Fuck out, she's got more talent then your whole generation would ever have.

[brainfoodjunky]

@WeAreTheSpiics in what? dance like a monkey?!

[NikkiBay8]

1:54 HAHAHHA

[IndigOcean]

She annoys me but I like some of her song

[spiderrr0]

lubię czekoladę!

[grungeband09]

Superstar!!!

[mattyp3400]

wow shes Gorgeous

[BLACKPOWERNOW]

Legend, suuch a legend

[tavonevox16]

Where is she from...?

[helvetikum]

@tavonevox16 Sri Lanka

[TheOneAndOnlyJimmyD]

@tavonevox16 London, UK via Sri Lanka

[chiccaboom]

@tavonevox16 she's from London, England. Her background is Sri Lankan, Tamil.

[omfgitsnia]

@tavonevox16 Shes from Sri Lanka , but when she was VERY young she went to England .

[NYC032]

pretty cool chick

[Ridetodie09]

@waffeljessesellers LOL i agree:)

[thiruhari]

i love you

[1huntergrunt]

is she from india?

[nddurana]

@1huntergrunt no she's from sri lanka

[eFFect0073]

@nddurana No, she's a London Tamoul :P

[nddurana]

@eFFect0073 you're right :P

[twistedwest1]

shes tamil shri lankan i thought she was black at once but now i know how dark she is

[LimpBizkitFan4Lyf]

like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like

[chandru1103]

@LimpBizkitFan4Lyf but you are a limp bizkit fan......fail.

[supahXXbreahna]

Her hair is beyond cool.

[Molorange]

Queen of controversy

[Journalismboy]

I LOVE MIA BUT EVERY LEAK I HEARD FROM HER ^^y^ ALBUM HAS BEEN TECHNO NOISE AND U CAN BARELY UNDERSTAND WJAT SHE'S SAYING

[jayasuriya101]

She's a terrorist of some sort right?

[SuperCikociko]

@jayasuriya101 ye tamil fighter supporter.

condemns go to mia frm a turkish girl hatin kurdish terrorism.

[AcidLacedPenguiN]

@SuperCikociko *alleged* tamil fighter supporter.

[coldice33]

@jayasuriya101

wow you can be immature and racist at the same time huh?

[rvggarcon]

@jayasuriya101 You must not get out much, she's not even arabic/muslim, nor does she look it.

[Journalismboy]

i have a feeling her new albumn is going to suckkkkk

[jazminh12]

@Journalismboy Whaaaaat? Why would you say that!? She's a great artist!

[jesseclifton]

@Journalismboy you obviously have no sense of good artists then

[byrd813]

@Journalismboy yeah i think so too... the xxxo song is sooooo not what i'm used to hearing from her, but it's only one song i've heard so far, we'll see....

[Journalismboy]

I love MIA tho @byrd813 but yeah theres another leak called born free, which is not even as good as xxxo, her new album probably wont be radio friendly =( will see

[teawithcupcakes]

wow i lurve her

[WettCigarette]

pirate skulls & bones

[thomasbaron06]

@WettCigarette sticks & stones & weed & bombs =D

[rockinpoison89]

she's a cool girl, she got her own style, i like that

[TheGarywilliams]

im embarrased to ask but whats her nationality i love her accent:)

[TheFumaClan]

@TheGarywilliams She's British, she was born in London, her parents are from Sri Lanka

[chuobio]

I think they play that song at the beginning in City of Men.

[MahasohonBrigade]

tamils ARE FROM INDIA......

BUT sri lankans (indigenous Sinhala) are from HELA tribs...(aborigennes)...

So DONT DISTORC HISTORY FACT LIKA ALL tamils INVADORS...

Tamils = INVADORDS and CRIMINALS from SOuth india ..and massively IMPORTATED by whites as Mercenary against INDIGENOUS sinhala..

SInhaless = INDIGENOUS pples of the GreeN island..

[leogirls11]

@MahasohonBrigade =)...that's pretty interesting though...did you know that the early inhabitants of australia were aborigenes...aborigenes are basically black people w/ curly hair and very wide noses and an almost black-blue skin color...but I didn't know that the hela tribes were aborial (pretty cool)...so are they african decent??

[MahasohonBrigade]

@leogirls11 &rst sorry for disrespecting u ,in My last comments...;, buti dont Like Whne Pples talk abt somfing they dont know ect......

no , they arent black i mean The hair Of hela(sinhaless) pples are smooth..they look brown, they live In forest,

theyr are "australoidal" ,but some scientist claim that they are close connection Beetween hela tribs and australians aborigenne, (sri lanka , is not so far from australian Btw..

SORRY for My english,

[XxMidnightCresentxX]

i love her accent! =)

[azzhoul09]

I'LL FUCK HER LIKE AN ANIMAL

[lankansoulja10]

Mahasohon Brigade <- Why don't you fuking suck my fucking dick u fucking whore ass sinhalese fagot, your a mofo, she doesnt support killing you fucked up race. She is a wonderful artist, and besides sinhalese army fucking killed tamil civilians like stfu. The history of sinhalese is fucked up, just like you , fucking cunts in sri lanka pay you to write shit on tamil ppl's videos, huh? bitch hm did they pay you ?

[MahasohonBrigade]

@lankansoulja10 tamils ARE FROM INDIA...right ....

BUT sri lankans (indigenous Sinhala) are from HELA tribs...(aborigennes)...

So DONT DISTORC HISTORY FACT LIKA ALL tamils INVADORS...:)

Tamils = INVADORDS and CRIMINALS from SOuth india ..and massively IMPORTATED by whites as Mercenary against INDIGENOUS sinhala..:)

SInhaless = INDIGENOUS pples of the GreeN island..;)

[MahasohonBrigade]

@lankansoulja10 Lmaooooooooo BTW why using "lankan" iN ur username ?? sucker....lool....tamil sucker...ur from shit india gO back to ur curry Hole....lfmao...Bitch....

[MahasohonBrigade]

MIA SUPORT GENOCIDE OF INDIGENOUS SINHALESS peoples in SRI LANKA .....shame ...DONT BUY her shit....SHE FUND CHILDS SOLDIERS IN SRI LANKA ...OPEN YOUR EYES ^pleaz..

i was a FAN of her UNTIL i discover this......LISTEN TO HER SONG ,BUT DONT BUY IT. thanks ...think abt KIDS ! and Civilians ..

[flabrigella]

@MahasohonBrigade shut up . she does not support killing

[dilsco]

@MahasohonBrigade

Okay?

No one gives a shit if they like her music.

[MrAnonymousBroadcast]

harry potter accent... yeh i cud imagine him singing..." no one on the corner has swagga like us" ;D haha

[ricoemilio]

i like how she is indian and has a harry potter accent. I love her!!!!!..hope she's coming w/ new album soon!!!!!

[TheR3dSh33p]

@ricoemilio Since when has British accent been known as the Harry potter accent?

[deeewd]

@TheR3dSh33p since harry potter, probably... XD

[Samiesmiles9]

@TheR3dSh33p since harry potter is awesome >.>

[34601k]

@TheR3dSh33p Since when harry Potter came out.

[3Chris3topher]

@TheR3dSh33p Since Harry Potter came about dipshit lol

[potlick18]

@TheR3dSh33p since the movie hairy potter

[THEANnetWork]

@TheR3dSh33p since i said so BITCH

[preciousparas1983]

its english accent...

[iamSOlate]

"Harry potter accent"

you retarded?

[ricoemilio]

@iamSOlate...ur so lame..get over it..i wrote that 2 weeks ago....and it's a joke dumbass!

p.s....does anyone know when her album is comin out??

[No1LuvsUMoreThanMe]

@ricoemilio shes not indian shes sri lankan..

[gypsyeyes008]

@No1LuvsUMoreThanMe i know she's tamil but in some of her songs she mentions india. could it be that her roots are in tamil nadu?

[leogirls11]

@No1LuvsUMoreThanMe : sri lankans are indian-indian decent lol...just in another country....like white people are white, but they don't all live in the same country lol

[MahasohonBrigade]

@leogirls11 lol why ar U LYING ???

tamils ARE FROM INDIA...right ....

BUT sri lankans (indigenous Sinhala) are from HELA tribs...(aborigennes)...

So DONT DISTORC HISTORY FACT LIKA ALL tamils INVADORS...

Tamils = INVADORDS and CRIMINALS from SOuth india ..and massively IMPORTATED by whites as Mercenary against INDIGENOUS sinhala..

SInhaless = INDIGENOUS pples of the GreeN island..

[clxxra]

@ricoemilio harry potter accent, oh you're so cute.

[llilla91ll]

london - acton

[goldenmonkey247]

I thought she was from souf thats west

[PG1986ko]

from which city in england is she?

[nayitabb08]

she has the most catchy music and i love her voice say mia if u give the same props lol

[guerito3r3r]

i like you so much i love you baby!!!!!

[mgallegos55]

She's crazy.. I love it!

[MoriahWhittaker]

She is sooo pretty.

[TAMlLTIGERLTTE]

are u fukin blind?

[Schiff252]

are you? she's definitely well attractive.....

[maxminvolt]

It's funny how you think she's not pretty when you're tamil yourself. But other people think she is. I think tamils underestimate their own looks sometimes because they follow the oh-so-famous "fair is more beautiful" concept of South Asia. Other people think we're beautiful because we're dark.

[sophisticsolice]

@maxminvolt Tamil and bangledeshi women are georgous!

[thomasbaron06]

@MoriahWhittaker pretty hell!,

she's sexy as fuck!!! =D

[blehblehber]

i wish i had that accent