To celebrate M.I.A's new album, Matangi, and her continuing contributions to art and music, here are things you didn't know about M.I.A .
She is the only artist ever to be nominated for an Academy Award, Grammy Award, Brit Award, Mercury Prize, and Alternative Turner Prize.
She made "Vicki Leekx" in just 48 hours.
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But then I made the mixtape, Vicki Leekx. When I make things, it’s really instant. I went into the studio and it was finished in 48 hours. No one was around, no producers, no anything. You don’t need anyone’s help. You don’t have to suck dick. You don’t have to do nothing. And when I’m in the zone, that’s how fast I can make **** happen. I felt good.
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“Paper Planes” was an accident.
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“Paper Planes” was an accident. It wasn’t a song we made for the masses. It took two years to get popular, and there were many fights about censoring the gunshot sounds.
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The middle finger she raised at the Superbowl was a Hindu symbol.
She got into a prestigious art school through unconventional means.
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I didn't really apply—I just called them every single day and eventually, they gave me an interview. I don't know how. I didn't have any work, I didn't have any grades. But I believed that it was a massive responsibility to say yes or no to a student. So I said, "If you say no, I will literally get on the first bus and go where it takes me." And it just so happens the only bus you could take outside St. Martin's went to King's Cross, which was the biggest prostitution area.
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She wants to go on X-Factor undercover.
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I was thinking of wearing a burqa and auditioning. [I'd maybe get] First round? No, second round. They'd give me a second go, because I'd be in a burqa and they'd be politically correct. Then I would get kicked off.
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M.I.A.s brandnew record MATANGI is in stores NOW .
http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2013/11/...now-about-mia/
