Cultural reflection: M.I.A.

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[...] The lyrics of the first verse to M.I.A.'s American hit, Paper Planes say: I fly like a paper, get high like planes If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name If you come around here I make 'em all day I'll get one done in a second if you wait Here, M.I.A. is expressing her love for music and art. She is making it very clear that she is a very creative woman and that she is constantly producing new songs and paintings. [...]

[...] Cultural reflection: M.I.A. It was another normal drive to work one morning when the radio D.J. mentioned that there was a new song that he was about to launch from an up and coming hip hop artist. Also, he mentioned that he wanted our opinion on what the listeners thought about what they heard. After listening to the song in the car, I thought of this new artist as just another hip hop artist. Later that evening after coming home from work, I got on the infamous youtube.com website in search of the artist I had heard earlier that day. [...]