M.I.A.: Don't Believe The Hype, She's Human After All

Everything you probably think about M.I.A. is wrong, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery M.I.A. Photo: Chris Weeks/ WireImage "Hi, I'm Maya." That's how M.I.A. — scourge of The New York Times, the U.S. Department of Immigration and oppressors the world over — introduces herself, and to be honest, it sort of catches me off guard. After all, she does not appear to be clutching a copy of "The Anarchist Cookbook," or covered in blood and gunpowder, or espousing the virtues o...

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