Posted on 05/06/2026 7:27:27 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Rapper Kid Cudi has fired MIA from his tour after the British artist went on a rant that went viral while on stage in Dallas.
While opening up for the hip-hop artist on 2 May, MIA was booed after saying, “I’ve been canceled for many reasons. I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican voter,” as reported by Variety.
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Well, I tried to comprehend the article and I’m usually fairly good at that. Still have the “WTF” did that even mean playing in my head now. Oh well. 5 minutes I’ll never get back. LOL!
Am I rooting for MIA and where can I find him?
Thanks for the warning!
Looked at M1A and thought Garande...
More Coffee Please.
Became aware of MIA twenty years ago and loved the ‘KALA’ album largely because of my affection for “Paper Planes.” She has been intriguing and somewhat provocative— curious now as she was always celebrated politically. She is now fifty years old so maybe the “heart/head” truism is in play.
From Apple Music:
M.I.A.’s dissonant fusion of hip-hop, pop, punk, electronic, dancehall, and African folk blurs the line between revelry and rebellion. Born Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam in 1975, the singer/rapper was raised in London after her family escaped the civil war in their home of Sri Lanka. As a young refugee with a revolutionary father, she turned to art as her own form of activism….
M.I.A. continues to push boundaries—and plenty of buttons. Her bold, politically charged albums are packed with defiant, danceable salvos like The Clash-sampling megahit “Paper Planes” from 2007’s Kala and the Middle Eastern-inspired empowerment anthem “Bad Girls” from 2013’s Matangi. It’s safe to say, in the hands of M.I.A., no genre—and no border—is off-limits.
Who are these people and why is anyone listening to anything they have to say? Is this more Rap Crap? Somebody’s parading his Republican affiliation to a Snoop Dog-ish crowd? That’s like going to Louisville’s West End looking for construction laborers.
MIA is a very talented musician...had several of her albums.
WHO??? Never heard of it.
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