M.I.A. Ain’t Nothing To F*ck With
Singer M.I.A. is not having it.
Journalist Lynn Hirschberg recently wrote a profile on the controversial musician, much of which focused on M.I.A.’s political beliefs and their effect on her music and lifestyle. I guess Lynn pissed off the wrong woman because M.I.A. took to her Twitter page with the following message.
Too bad that’s actually the journalist’s cell phone number. I’m guessing M.I.A. was not fond of the following quotes (don’t worry—there are plenty of other unflattering statements and quotes in this article).
“Like a trained politician, [Maya] stays on message. It’s hard to know if [Maya] believes everything she says or if she knows that a loud noise will always attract a crowd.”
“Unlike, say, her performance at the Grammys, which was a perfect fusion of spectacle (a nine-months-pregnant woman rapping in a see-through dress) with content (Maya’s fervor was linked to the music), the video for ‘Born Free’ feels exploitative and hollow. Seemingly designed to be banned on YouTube, which it was instantly, the video is set in Los Angeles where a vague but apparently American militia forcibly search out red-headed men and one particularly beautiful red-headed child. The gingers, as Maya called them, using British slang, are taken to the desert, where they are beaten and killed. The first to die is the child, who is shot in the head. While ‘Born Free’ is heard in the background throughout, the song is lost in the carnage. As a meditation on prejudice and senseless persecution, the video is, at best, politically naïve.”
Photo Courtesy of The New York Times
lmao. That’s my girl!
LOL I agree. Hirschberg had it coming, although I was already taking what she wrote with a massive grain of salt. Hardly surprising from the New York Times, shouldn’t be making shit up abt artists. It’s really unethical.
Shirley, I haven’t read the article because I don’t really care to but please cite where Hirschberg makes stuff up.
Seriously though, what was made up about that article? The only time she called her out was when SHE contradicted HERSELF. Face it, MIA’s a fraud and has no idea about the cause(s) she’s championing. And furthermore, the harshest criticism she received was that her altruistic front contradicts her lavish lifestyle which it does. You can’t yap about political unjustice from your hidden, protected LA compound…it’s not a good look.