So this journalist lynn hirschburg from new york times tried to expose mia:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/ma...pagewanted=all

a shorter briefer version of the article if you find it too long:
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/05/mia.html

basically this lynn person tried to blast mia that mia's third world democracy is just a gimmick.
including mia eating french fries aka. being an outsider while talking about sri lanka politics,
her producer revealing that mia's long estranged tamil tiger dad is actually teaching in london, etc.

then mia on her twitter http://twitter.com/_m_i_a_ posted the journalist's phone number,

and puts some soundbites of the interview on her blog, that she didn't order the french fries,
it was this lynn hirschburg ordered them, and tried to twist the facts about her.
http://neetrecordings.com/blog/

then pharrell williams thinks mia should not mess up with lynn hirschburg,
coz he thinks lynn hirschburg is an O.G. lol

Never been a fan of MIA's music save for one tune, but I can't believe she'd post the journalist's phone number. Not that she'd get called, lol. I don't think the MIA fanbase numbers in the millions.

There's nothing of great musicality or aesthetic beauty in what she does, but modern culture dictates that everyone is supposed to have an appreciation for the ridiculous and downright unpleasant as true Art with a capital A.

M.I.A. is a pathetic wannabe. She's a famous singer. She's never gonna be one of the big names though, and she has an attitude because of it. She'll never be as big as Gaga, Britney, Aguilera, Lavigne, etc.