NME — The London artist made the claim in a new interview with 'Four Lions' and 'Rogue One' star Riz Ahmed M.I.A. / Kanye West M.I.A. has claimed in a new interview that today’s mainstream music “sounds like what me and Kanye West used to …Conti... more info

NME — The musician said the lawsuit would have meant signing away all future earnings over $2 million M.I.A. and Jay-Z M.I.A. has spoken about the legal battle with the NFL following her controversial appearance with Madonna at the Super Bowl …Conti... more info

Stereogum — The Stephen Loveridge-directed documentary about M.I.A., Matangi/Maya/M.I.A., is having its New York premiere this week, which means that M.I.A. herself has been giving some interviews. In a new one with Huck magazine, she talks about the infamous S... more info

Stereogum — Next year's Sundance Film Festival just announced the list of movies, both features and documentaries, that'll appear in competition at next year's festivals. A ton of the movies have music-world connections. The list includes documentaries about M.I... more info

New York Times — The outspoken activist made headlines when she ran the London Marathon while “free-bleeding.” more info

Stereogum — Today, Oct. 11, is both International Day Of The Girl and National Coming Out Day, which means it's the perfect day for Madame Gandhi to share new music. Kiran Gandhi, the Los Angeles-based electronic musician and activist who used to be M.I.A.'s dru... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Looks like we made it to the end. We close with ten years ago, another of those years right at the end of this survey in which it's driven more by what STN was writing about at the time then what else was happening as the alternative rapidly segr... more info

Sweeping The Nation — 2003 was in some ways the year everything we knew about pop splintered - Phil Spector's arrest, Michael Jackson's post-Martin Bashir arrest, Britney being kissed by and then duetting with Madonna with the precipice starting to hove into view.... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — The Chicago radio veteran has been M.I.A. from her top-rated morning show for more than four months. more info

Stereogum — M.I.A. shared a new song called "Goals" earlier this summer, and now, just a few days after the 10th anniversary of her sophomore album Kala , she's shared another. "Load 'Em," which she previewed on Periscope earlier this year, features Jamaican da... more info