ContactMusic — Hip-hop star M.I.A. has turned down offers to become the face for both Coca-Cola and Pepsi, but insists she'll accept a commercial deal soon - to help fund her... more info

Pop Crunch — Sounds like The Times can’t take the heat…..On Thursday, The New York Times Magazine posted some lengthy revisions to a controversial article that sparked the ire of British-Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A.The Grammy-nominated “Paper Planes” hitmaker... more info

ContactMusic — Outspoken hip-hop star M.I.A. won a place at esteemed London arts college Saint Martins after threatening to become a prostitute if she wasn't accepted.The Galang... more info

Perez Hilton — They must have been feeling the heat! After days of M.I.A. waging war on New York Times Magazine's Lynn Hirschberg over her piece on the Sri Lankan rapper, the publication has released this statement: The cover article in The Times Magazine on Sunday... more info

VH1 News — The New York Times has now added an editor's note to last weekend's feature on M.I.A. stating that two of the artist's quotes were taken out of context. more info

MTV.com News — Paper's website now concedes that two quotes in controversial feature were rearranged.By James Montgomery M.I.A. Photo: Jon Kopaloff/ FilmMagic First, there was the Twitter attack. Then, the dis track. And now, it appears that M.I.A. has fi... more info

Pitchfork — "M.I.A., the Glenn Beck of the left." -- Decemberists singer Colin Meloy really wants M.I.A. to make a diss track about him, apparently. (via @colinmeloy) more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Editors' Note: June 3, 2010 The cover article in The Times Magazine on Sunday profiled the singer and political activist M.I.A. While discussing her efforts to draw attention to the civil war in her home country, Sri Lanka, she was... more info

Pitchfork — After that controversial M.I.A. article in The New York Times Magazine and those controversial Twitter posts about writer Lynn Hirschberg and then the controversial audio snippets from the interview that M.I.A. posted, the Gray Lady has posted a corr... more info

Pop Crunch — Grammy-nominated rapper M.I.A. has adopted a “Take No Prisoners” Attitude as she prepares to release her long-delayed third album, MAYA. This week, the “Paper Planes” hitmaker unveiled the cover art for the new album, which creatively feature... more info