Music is Art — From Philadelphia, Amanda Blank is a breakthrough female hip hop artist.  Best known for her musical collaborations with M.I.A., Spank Rock, Diplo, Santigold, Ghostface Killah, and even Britney Spears, Amanda has been adding her own saavy and uniq... more info

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411 Mania — M.I.A. not happy about opening for the D instead of the Beasties... more info

Perez Hilton — M.I.A. is pissed! Maya is scheduled to perform at the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, taking place in San Francisco on August 30th, but only booked the show because she thought the Beastie Boys would be performing! Well, the Beasties have cancel... more info

MTV.com News — Song, from forthcoming Blueprint 3 LP, was produced by Timbaland.By Shaheem Reid Jay-Z Photo: Raymond Boyd/ Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images One of the main blueprints for Jay-Z's success is staying several steps in front of the rest of... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: M.I.A., Radiohead • Tarantino on Five Soundtrack Moments • Backstage With Lambert and Allen • Jackson’s This Is It Gets Two-Week Run • Chili Peppers: “Major Enthusiasm” For New LP • Jason Mraz Goes Acoustic for “But... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Tran/FilmMagic Rapdirt noticed that M.I.A. doesn’t seem thrilled with the prospects of opening for Tenacious D (rather than the Beastie Boys) at the Outside Lands festival. “Now [the Beasties] ain’t doing it and I jus wanna say, we have... more info

MVSW — Rye Rye & M.I.A. ~ “Bang“(Stanton Warriors Remix) views: 8,516 B’More, SriLanka, and London mixing neon and some crazy dancing. Stanton Warriors are playing Park Plaza Hotel on Sept. 15th as part of Sin City Reloaded. more info

AngryApe — Plus more contributors are revealed for her "experimental" LP more info

411 Mania — Weird pairing... more info