Who is mia?

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (Tamil: மாதங்கி 'மாயா' அருள்பிரகாசம்) (born 18 July 1975),[1] better known by her stage name M.I.A., is a British songwriter, record producer, singer, fashion designer, and artist. M.I.A. is originally from Sri Lanka but is more commonly known as a 'West Londoner'. Her hits are Paper Planes, World Town, Twenty Dollar, Ten Dollar, Galang, Sunshowers, Bucky Done Gun, and Pull Up the People.

She has just recently had a baby boy, the day after The Grammy's which she did perform at. Find her Grammy performance at YouTube and then look up M.I.A. Grammy Performance; Swagga Like Us.

She has released to main albums; Arular (2005), Kala (2007). Kala led to her being globally popular, for her biggest hit Paper Planes soon reached to American Charts.

She has also been in the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Based off of a book she has been nominated an Oscar for it.