British Rapper MIA Denied Entry Into U.S. |
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 May 27 2006, 12:54 AM
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QUOTE British rapper MIA was reportedly refused a visa by American immigration officials due to the political content of her lyrics. MIA's lyrics are said to support the Sri Lankan political group Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan armed forces. The rapper, born Maya Arulpragasa, was planning to visit the United States to work on her new album with various Hip-Hop producers. Shortly after the incident, the London-born Sri Lankan rapper posted a blog on her Web site telling fans, "Roger, roger, do you hear me, over? The U.S. immigration won't let me in, I'm locked out. They won't let me in. Now I'm making my album outside the borders." Last year, MTV banned MIA's single "Sunflowers" because it was a song about a suicide bomber. http://allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5714 |
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May 27 2006, 01:04 AM
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 Amberific.  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
OH, THAT'S SOME BULLSHIZNIT RIGHT THERE!
 I love MIA. |
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May 27 2006, 01:05 AM
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 Change Gon Come Group: Member Posts: 2,286 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 18,822 |
well, that's why uber politcal emcees don't make it mainstream. the gov't and industry just doesn't want it.
haha imma see if i can get a few tracks from her. |
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May 27 2006, 01:08 AM
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Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
^ If you can't, let me know, I have her whole album (except for "U.R.A.Q.T.") on mp3.
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May 27 2006, 11:00 AM
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 oooh yeah. Group: Member Posts: 1,333 Joined: Feb 2006 Member No: 376,533 |
FTW.
Assholes. >:[ |
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May 27 2006, 11:04 AM
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RJL<3 Group: Member Posts: 1,194 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 71,019 |
QUOTE MTV banned MIA's single "Sunflowers" because it was a song about a suicide bomber wtf? can mtv not handle controversial issues or something? they'll put ten million songs about sex on their channel but not that?! |
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May 27 2006, 11:10 AM
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Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
^ That's not all that surprising. I mean, really, look at their parent compay: Viacom. They got Comedy Central to pull the plug on the Scientology episode of South Park because Tom Cruise threatened not to promote M:I:3. And you know that if they didn't pull it, the government would've made them do it anyway.
BTW, the name of the song is "Sunshowers," just so you all know. It was misquoted in the article. |
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May 27 2006, 11:14 AM
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RJL<3 Group: Member Posts: 1,194 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 71,019 |
Yea, it doesn't surprise me. It just annoys me.
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May 27 2006, 05:33 PM
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 I'm Peter Pan Watch Me Fly! Group: Member Posts: 113 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 413,768 |
That is more than annoying cause we let people with tons of drugs in the us, but we can't let an artist in, that is some crap
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