Perez Hilton — Oh, well! Hard L.A., the electronic music festival that was scheduled to be held at the Los Angeles State Historic Park featuring M.I.A., N*E*R*D and others, has been canceled. Supposedly the cancellation is due to security and safety concerns surrou... more info

Stereogum — …probably bifurcated. Yesterday the L.A. Times characterized the M.I.A./Die Antwoord/Sleigh Bells festival’s preemptive shutdown with a headline that principals had been “Citing Security Concerns.” Which would fit tidily in the context of las... more info

Idolator — ///Y/ finally drops today, although with the amount of tracks leaked by M.I.A.’s camp over the last few weeks, you’d think it had been released ages ago. (Check out a write-up and pics of the chaotic album release party, which included drink spec... more info

KEXP Seattle — Her first album was named for her father, her second for her mother, and now, M.I.A. fully comes into her own with the third, and self-titled, album Maya. Sometimes stylized as // / Y /), this group of songs developed after the creation of her N.E.E.... more info

ContactMusic — A Los Angeles music festival set to star M.I.A. and N.E.R.D. has been cancelled amid reports of security concerns.Hard L.A. was due to go ahead on Saturday (17Jul10) at... more info

MTV.com News — Cancellation comes in wake of recent suspected-overdose death of 15-year-old at Electric Daisy Carnival.By Gil Kaufman M.I.A. Photo: Roger Kisby/ Getty Images Citing security concerns, the promoters behind the upcoming M.I.A.-headlined Hard... more info

Idolator — Did You Hear? :: Christina Milian and The-Dream are separating after less than a year of marriage. It probably had something to do with this photo. [Rap-Up] :: Saturday’s HARD LA music festival, featuring M.I.A. as the the headlining act, has been ... more info

VH1 News — M.I.A. buried herself beneath her house to make MAYA. "I built a room under the house that was kind of like a cave," she told MTV News. more info

MTV.com News — 'I built a room under the house that was kind of like a cave,' she tells MTV News.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Akshay Bhansali M.I.A. Photo: MTV News M.I.A.'s /\/\/\Y/\ is an album built predominantly on hundreds of seemingly d... more info

USA Today Music — The controversial Sri Lankan-born artist takes her inventive music in new directions. more info