M.I.A. is back in the headlines again with one of her rants. This time, she’s sharing why she does not support the Black Lives Matter movement.
In a Jan. 13 video shared by Livebitez on Instagram, she said, “We are made in the likeness of God. Which is not our body, which is not our skin tone, which is why I don’t support BLM, because that always perpetually tells you hey it’s about your skin tone. It’s about all the suffering because of our skin tone.”
British-Sri Lankan rapper, singer-songwriter M.I.A. (Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam) poses during a photocall to present the film “MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.” during the 68th Berlinale film festival on February 17, 2018 in Berlin. Source: STEFANIE LOOS/AFP via Getty Images
Wearing a greige-colored hooded outfit, the 49-year-old continued, “The spirit is the spirit. And it’s of God and that is we are made in the image of God. Our spirit is made in the image of God. It is way beyond our color of our skin. The sex, and the gender, and all of the bullshit, what f-cking postcode I live in. What my f-cking bank account says.”
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“All of that is secondary. All of that is what my mind is capable of creating. The prisons I’m able to build around myself with my mind.”
It’s not clear what started this conversation for M.I.A., but fans responded left and right to the British-Sri Lankan artist.
One person said, “She should have stayed M.I.A.”
“I know that’s not a One Hit Wonder talking.. Girl BYE,” wrote another.
Mathangi ‘Maya’ Arulpragasam, aka M.I.A., performs in concert at Primavera Sound Festival on June 10, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. Source: Xavi Torrent / Getty
Someone else wrote, “Meanwhile she did a whole culture vulture move off of…. #nevermind.”
Prior to signing with the label, she rose to fame after releasing her hit song “Paper Planes” in 2008. Later that year, T.I.’s song “Swagga Like Us” sampled her famous verse, “No one on the corner has swagger like us.” Ye, formerly Kanye West, produced the single, and it featured rappers like Jay-Z and Lil Wayne with Ye also dropping a verse. It peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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