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Echo Chamber: 12-Year-Old Gunshot Victim in M.I.A.'s "Born Free" Video

"She was trying to show violence to end violence. It's for all the people that are doing the genocides in real life. Italians, Africans-- wherever it's from, it's still a genocide." -- Ian Hamrick, the 12-year-old redhead who gets shot in the head in M.I.A.'s wildly NSFW "Born Free" video, gives us his interpretation of the clip, which he has yet to see in full. The quote comes courtesy of a creepy TMZ paparazzo, who is really working overtime on this one. (Via TMZ.)

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18:15 on April 30 2010

Echo Chamber: 12-Year-Old Gunshot Victim in M.I.A.'s "Born Free" Video

Pitchfork — "She was trying to show violence to end violence. It's for all the people that are doing the genocides in real life. Italians, Africans-- wherever it's from, it's still a... more info
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15:47 on April 30 2010

M.I.A. 'Born Free' Video Kid Says Clip 'Shows Violence To End Violence'

MTV.com News — Ian Hamrick adds, 'M.I.A. was a sweetheart.'By James Montgomery Ian Hamrick in M.I.A.'s video for "Born Free" Photo: Interscope Toward the end of M.I.A.'s incen... more info
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15:47 on April 30 2010

M.I.A. 'Born Free' Video Kid Says Clip 'Shows Violence To End Violence'

VH1 News — M.I.A.'s disturbing "Born Free" video was defended by 12-year-old Ian Hamrick, a young actor who is graphically executed in the clip. He said the video "shows violence [i... more info
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23:00 on April 29 2010

M.I.A. Kid Explains Gun to the Head in Video

TMZ — 12-year-old Ian Hamrick gets his head blown off in M.I.A. music video ... and he sounds like a 50-year-old philosopher as he explains why he let someone put a gun to his ... more info
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