Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: My Morning Jacket, Idol • Ex-Sex Pistols Manager Malcolm McLaren Dies • M.I.A. Blasts Lady Gaga As a “Mimic” • Public Image Ltd. “Rise” on Kimmel • Remembering Kurt Cobain • Hear Deer Tick’s New “20 Miles” •... more info

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Idolator — We discussed M.I.A. ripping Lady Gaga a new one in her recent NME interview earlier this morning, but we neglected to mention the various other musicians and mainstays of pop-culture with which the Sri Lanken singer has a big, big problem. Maya Arulp... more info

ContactMusic — Rapper M.I.A. has accused the Sri Lankan government of launching a sinister campaign to oversee her movements and "ban" her from returning to her native Britain.The... more info

Rolling Stone — Trendsetting rapper M.I.A. has fired the first shots in a potential war of words with trendsetting pop star Lady Gaga. In an interview in the upcoming issue of NME, M.I.A. dissed Gaga’s music, style and the obscene amount of product placement in th... more info

Unreality Music — British rapper M.I.A. has blasted Lady GaGa in the latest issue of the new look NME. The Paper Planes responded to a comment about how her and Lady GaGa are often compared and while she does accept that her and the Poker Face singer do have a simila... more info

MTV.com News — Singer/rapper says Gaga's music isn't weird enough in NME interview.By Jocelyn Vena M.I.A. Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic M.I.A. is known for her outspoken views, and in a new interview with British music magazine NME, the MC says she's g... more info

Stereogum — M.I.A. is on the April 7 cover of the NME (to be fair, there are nine other covers this week) as part of their special “The State Of Music Today” issue. Inside she discusses politics in music, what music’ll look like in ten years, and dresses d... more info

Starpulse — Rapper/singer M.I.A. has blasted critics who compare her to Lady Gaga - because she doesn't think the pop star is very original.   The Paper Planes hit-maker is impressed by the singer's ability t... more info

Pop Crunch — -Yikes! A Nightmare on Elm Street, featuring Twilight’s Kellan Lutz, arrives in theaters April 30…. -Former American Idol finalist Ace Young is letting his Hair down… -Lil Wayne has a job on Rikers Island: Helping depressed inmates….. -Miami ... more info