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Mathangi 'Maya' Arulpragasam was born on July 19, 1975 in Hounslow (the district of London). In 2004, the singles of M.I.A., “Galang” and “Sunshowers”, where the various influences from traditional Indian music to ‘The Clash’ are mixed, gained popularity on the Internet. On the peak of fame, M.I.A. signed the contract with the label XL and let out two albums — “Arular” (2005) and “Kala”(2007), which were warmly accepted by critics.

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M.I.A.'s single “Paper Planes” became one of the most popular in 2008 in the USA. In national charts of sales of Billboard Hot 100, it reached the 4th place. Then in the top ten, appeared the single “Swagga Like Us”, where Jay Z and T.I rappers sampled the most known track of M.I.A. In 2010, M.I.A. releases the third record “Maya” (stylized as “/\/\/\Y/\”) and two singles “Born Free” and "XXXO". The clip on the song “Born Free” was officially forbidden by the administration of an Internet channel Vevo as contains violence scenes, mockeries, and murders of group of red-haired teenagers by the American military.

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On December 31, 2010 the singer declared that she is going to let out a new mixtape “Vicki Leekx”. The name of the new creation isn't casual: this is a changed name of the infamous website WikiLeaks, where the publication of classified state documents is carried out. Recording was loaded into the Internet for free downloading; thereby the singer continued the tendency gaining popularity: more and more musicians let out the music in free access. The singer represented Asian continental music on the youth FIFA World Cup of 2011. In 2012, M.I.A. was invited as the co-producer and the performer for the recording of the twelfth album of Madonna “MDNA”. Together with Nicki Minaj, she became the collaborator of the first single “Give Me All Your Luvin”, and also the song “B-day Song”.

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