1. Mathangi “Maya” Ar… Read Full Bio ↴There are five known artists under this name:
1. Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam also known as M.I.A., (born 18 July 1975 in Hounslow, London, U.K.) is a British artist of Sri Lankan descent. As a baby she moved with her family to their native Sri Lanka, where her father became increasingly politically active in militant activities. As the Civil War escalated the rest of the family was forced to flee as refugees, first to India and then the UK. “M.I.A.” [“Missing In Action”] references both her London neighborhood (Acton) and her politically tumultuous youth.
Her style contains elements of hip-hop, reggae, alternative, dance hall, electro and baile funk and is strongly inspired by her Sri Lankan background.
2. American Punk/Hardcore band formed in Orange County, CA in 1981 by Chris Moon, drums; Mike Conley, bass; Nick Adams, guitar (all previously of Las Vegas, NV punk band The Swell); and Art Carasco, vocals. Their sound was generally hardcore and thrasher, though they produced more melodic and progressive sounds in their later albums. Allmusic called the band "one of the 50 best So-Cal punk bands of the great early-'80s second wave explosion. In 1984 they signed a deal with the cult Alternative Tentacles label, after the label's founder, Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, saw them play at a secret illegal punk nightclub in Las Vegas. Biafra was impressed by Mike Conley's distinctive voice, saying "The minute you hear a song with him singing you know it's him." They released the album Murder in a Foreign Place on Alternative Tentacles in 1984, followed in 1985 by Notes From the Underground on National Trust Records, and in 1987 by After the Fact on Flipside Records. The band split up in 1988. In 2001, Alternative Tentacles released Lost Boys, a 37-song retrospective of the band's work, including Last Rites, Murder in a Foreign Place, and several additional tracks. On February 28, 2008 vocalist Mike Conley was found dead in a Chicago hotel parking lot. Conley was taken to Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, where he was pronounced dead at 6:25 a.m. On April 27, 2008, there was a secret warm-up show at Detroit Bar featuring Todd Sampson of Self Abuse and Samson's Army on vocals, Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys on guest vocals, Chris Moon and Larry Pearson on drums, Nick Adams on guitar, and Bob Thomson on bass. The next day, the "Beautiful Noise" benefit show took place at the Anaheim House of Blues with Jigsaw, Naked Soul, Cadillac Tramps, Social Distortion and MIA with the same lineup as the previous night, but adding Kevin Seconds of 7 Seconds on guest vocals. The proceeds of "Beautiful Noise" went to Mike Conley's family.
(3) Formed in the mid 70s, Independent Musicians Associated (MIA) was a group of musicians, technicians and drawers gathered together by Lito and Liliana Vitale’s parents. They produced their own records and concerts in an independent way. Their music is a complex symphonic rock with definite Argentinean/latin folk influence with multiple chorals and vocals beautifully contrasting with the keyboards and a great guitar sound upon a strong rhythmic section. They were highly influenced by symphonic music, more noteworthy by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Gentle Giant and Focus.
4. Merriweathers is a member of Underground Resistance under the alias of The Unknown Soldier.
5. mia's page (Michaela Grobelny).
Boom Skit
M.I.A. Lyrics
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You know America don't wanna hear your sound
Boom boom jungle music, go back to India
With your crazy shit, you're bumming up the area
Looking through your Instagram, looking for a pentagram
All I see is poor people, they should be on ghetto-gram
You don't get our underground, Bro-fest are overground
Fist pump, eat, hammer, even throw your dick around
Let you into superbowl you tried to steal Madonna's crown
What the fuck you on about?
Think about goin to France, quelle heure est-il?
Its the time to do the terror dance
Eat, pray, love, spend time in the Ashram
Or I'll drone you, Kony 2012 you now scram!
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M.I.A.'s song "Boom Skit" is a commentary on the racist and xenophobic attitudes that some Americans hold towards people of non-Western cultures. The lyrics address a hypothetical "brown gal" who is playing music that is considered too ethnic and foreign for mainstream American tastes. The singer tells the brown gal to "turn your shit down" and go back to India with her "crazy shit" because she is "bumming up the area." The singer is critical of the brown gal for not understanding American culture and for trying to infiltrate it with her own foreign ideas.
The singer also makes references to social media, suggesting that the brown gal is obsessed with her Instagram and "looking for a pentagram." The singer implies that the brown gal is only interested in superficial trends and doesn't truly understand the struggles of everyday people. The singer also comments on the music scene, mocking "Bro-fests" (a term for frat-style music festivals) and suggesting that the brown gal is not cool enough to understand the true underground music scene.
The song concludes with the singer telling the brown gal to either go to France or a spiritual retreat in India, or else get droned (killed by a drone strike) or "Kony 2012'd" (a reference to the viral charity campaign that was criticized for oversimplifying complex issues in Africa). The overall message of the song is to critique the arrogance and ignorance of American culture towards non-Western cultures and to call for a greater level of cultural understanding and tolerance.
Line by Line Meaning
Brown gal, brown gal, turn your shit down
Addressing a brown girl to lower her volume as America doesn't want to listen to her music
You know America don't wanna hear your sound
Suggesting that America isn't interested in the music of the brown girl
Boom boom jungle music, go back to India
Labeling the brown girl's music as 'jungle music' and asking her to go back to India
With your crazy shit, you're bumming up the area
Accusing the brown girl of introducing 'crazy' music and ruining the place
Looking through your Instagram, looking for a pentagram
Observing the brown girl's interest in pentagrams on social media
All I see is poor people, they should be on ghetto-gram
Noticing the brown girl's followers are mostly poor people who should be on a platform called 'ghetto-gram'
You don't get our underground, Bro-fest are overground
Doubting the brown girl's comprehension of the American underground music scene as she's only familiar with more popular events like 'Bro-fests'
Fist pump, eat, hammer, even throw your dick around
Suggesting rambunctious behavior like fist pumping and showing off, even going so far as to use sexually inappropriate behavior
Yeah you try to stick around do you do your bic around?
Asking if the brown girl even belongs there and if she's using drugs like cocaine (bic is a reference to a lighter)
Let you into superbowl you tried to steal Madonna's crown
Implying she tried to usurp Madonna during the Super Bowl Halftime Show
What the fuck you on about?
Questioning the brown girl's behavior and what she's trying to accomplish
Think about goin to France, quelle heure est-il?
Suggesting the brown girl leave for France using French words to question the time
Its the time to do the terror dance
Saying that it's time to 'terror dance' or act crazily
Eat, pray, love, spend time in the Ashram
Making light of the popular book, Eat Pray Love, and telling the brown girl to go spend time in an Ashram, a retreat center in India
Or I'll drone you, Kony 2012 you now scram!
Threatening violence by using a drone and referencing the Kony 2012 movement to try and make the brown girl leave
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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Written by: CHAUNCEY A. HOLLIS, MATHANGI ARULPRAGASAM
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Ishaqzaade
She's so underrated, she should be so much bigger she is a lyrical beast. I wish this was actually longer!
N. V
Manam Virumbuthe Unnai -Harini
Snow White
wish granted.
priya t
I can't stop listening to this. M.I.A. is the baddest.
N. V
Manam Virumbuthe Unnai -Harini
Joyce J / ASouthernWriter
Thus should have been longer. Would have made a great song!
Andre Alex
https://youtu.be/4PwMSF_r-Zg
hryjel
Look up "Boom ADD" (didn't exist at the time of posting this comment, but it's on youtube!)
hello
+Zxx Axx D: omg where do I find that?
miamiwax
wtf this is a skit? this is the best song on the album!