- Kule ngoma, MIA idlala imbonakalo yomntu ovela kwamanye amazwe ngokungekho mthethweni, esenza amaxwebhu kunye nokusongela ubundlobongela. Iphefumlelwe yimizamo yakhe yokungena eMelika nge-visa (ungummi wase-Bhritane waseSri Lankan), nto leyo ikhokelele kwisimo se-bureaucratic seenyanga, into athe wayibeka kulusu lwakhe olumnyama kunye negama lokwenyani: Mathangi Arulpragasam.
- MIA.A. Waqamba le ngoma kunye noDJ / umvelisi uDiplo (uWesley Pentz), owayengaziwa kakhulu ngelo xesha. 'Iiplani zephepha' yayiyingoma yokuqala yengoma awayesebenza kuyo; Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva wayekutshathi kunye neqela lemveliso, kubandakanya uChris Brown's 'Ndijonge Ngoku' kunye nentsebenziswano yakhe neTiesto, 'C'Mon (Catch' Em By Surprise). MIA.A. kwaye iDiplo yayisisibini esimalunga no-2003-2008.
- Ngokomculo, le ngoma yakhelwe kwisampulu yengoma ka-1982 ethi Clash 'Straight To Hell,' ekwajongana nokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kunye nohlanga lwabemi. Isampulu yayiyimbono kaDiplo.
- MIA.A. yeza namazwi onke ngentsasa enye. Wayehlala kwindawo yaseBedford-Stuyvesant eBrooklyn, eNew York ngelo xesha, enokuba yindawo erhabaxa (igama elihlolwe nguBilly Joel ku 'Usenokuba Ulungile': 'Ndixakekile kwindawo yokulwa, Ndahamba ngeBedford Stuy ndedwa '). Ukuthetha no Fader iphephancwadi, M.I.A. Ndathi, 'Bendicinga ngokuhlala apho, ndivuka rhoqo ekuseni - yindawo yaseAfrika. Ndiza kufumana iipatties kwindawo endihlala kuyo kwaye ndicinga nje ukuba eyona nto imbi umntu anokuyithetha yenye yeendlela: 'Into endifuna ukuyenza kukuzokufumana imali yakho.' Abantu abaziva ngathi abafuduki okanye iimbacu zinegalelo kwinkcubeko nangayiphi na indlela. Ukuba zi-leeches nje ezifunxa kuyo nantoni na. Ke kwingoma ndithi 'Into endifuna ukuyenza [kukudubula kwemipu kulayishwe kwakhona, ukuvulwa kwerejista yemali] kwaye uthathe imali yakho.' Ndiyenzile kwiziphumo zesandi. Kukuwe ukuba ufuna ukutolika njani. I-Melika ithande imali kakhulu, ndiqinisekile ukuba bazakuyifumana. '
- Bobabini uMike D no-Adrock abavela kwi-Beastie Boys kunye ne-DMX benza ukubonakala kwe-cameo kwividiyo. Ekuqaleni yayiza kudutyulwa kumda we-Ecuador kodwa banyanzelwa ukuba batshintshele eNew York ngenxa yokubekelwa ixesha lika-MIA. UMlawuli uBernard Gourley wadubula ikliphu kwindawo yaseCaribbean eBrooklyn. Ngokwe-VH1's Ividiyo ezivelelayo- , Umphathi we-MIA wala ukumvumela ukuba anxibe isikipa se-Metallica kwezinye zeendawo, ke wazivalela kwigumbi lakhe kangangeeyure ezimbini wade wazohlwaya.
- Isithonga sompu kule ngoma sithetha ukuphanga, kodwa iMIA.A. babanga ukuba banentsingiselo enzulu: ukugxeka umkhosi wemizi-mveliso othengisa imipu kwilizwe leThathu lehlabathi kwaye uvune inzuzo.
- Oku kwenyuka kwaya kwi-10 ephezulu ye-US Hot 100 ngo-Agasti 2008 emva kokuba ibonakalisiwe kwi-trailer yefilimu ehlekisayo Iinanapple Express , bajonge uJames Franco noSeth Rogen njengabahlobo abazibandakanya ngokungazi kwiziyobisi nasekubulaleni. Ingoma ibonakalisiwe nakwimovie ka-2008 Isigidi sezigidi zeSlumdog .
Logan - Troy, MT - Ngamaxesha anzima, bekungenakuphepheka ukuba izithonga zemipu ziya kuhlolwa kwezinye iindawo. Kwakunjalo xa iM.I.A. Wenze ingoma kwi UDavid Letterman Show ngo-Septemba ka-2007, xa izithonga zathatyathelwa indawo yimisindo eyavelayo. I-MTV iphinde ikhuphe ingxelo ngaphandle kwesandi sompu. 'Ndaziva ngathi ndixhatshazwa kumabonwakude wesizwe,' MIA Ubhale kwi-MySpace post.
- Lo wayengowesithathu ongatshatanga UKala . Ezimbini zokuqala azifumananga luthando lukhulu, kodwa 'iiPhepha zePhepha' ngokuthe ngcembe zafumana ukubambeka xa yayikhutshwa ngoFebruwari 2008, kwaye ngehlobo kwakubetha.
IBertrand -Paris, eFrance, ngaphezulu kwe-2 - 'IiPlani zePhepha' yayikwingoma ekhokelayo kwi-EP ka-2008 Iiplani zePhepha-uKhuseleko lwasekhaya Remixes , ebibonisa ukudityaniswa kwakhona kwengoma.
- Le ngoma yatshintshwa kwi-Jay-Z, TI, Kanye West kunye no-Lil Wayne ngokubambisana 'Swagga Like Us,' ekhutshwe ngo-2008 kwi-albhamu kaJay Inkqubo . I-MIA, kwinqanaba lokugqibela lokukhulelwa, yajoyina ezine kwii-Grammy Awards ngo-2009 ukwenza ingoma.
- UKala wakhethwa ngu Amatye agiqekayo njengelona cwecwe labo libalaseleyo lika-2007. Yathiywa ngegama likamama kaMI.A, owaphembelela uninzi lwamagama. Uxelele i Iveki yePhiladelphia : 'Icwecwe lam lokuqala [ I-arular ] yayimalunga neenjongo zikabawo eziguqukayo, malunga nokujika kumama abuze, 'Ngaba ufuna ukuba ndihlale apha ndikunakekele nabantwana abathathu, okanye ufuna ukuba ndisindise ubomi kwaye ndikhathalele amawaka abantu? ' Le imalunga nomama kunye nomzabalazo wakhe-usebenza njani, ubondla njani abantwana bakho, ubakhulisa kwaye ubathande kwaye ubanike amandla olwazi? Iimfazwe ezininzi ezilwwayo ngoku zihamba ngokufanayo nentshabalalo ehlasela ikhaya. Ukungabikho kolwakhiwo, abantu abayimizekelo kunye nexesha losapho kuyintlekele. '
