Rap-Up.com || M.I.A. Receives Oscar Nomination

Not only is she Grammy nominated, but M.I.A. can now add Oscar nominee to her résumé. And to think, one year ago, most people didn’t even know her name.

The Sri Lankan artist was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Original Song for “O… Saya,” her collaboration with composer A.R. Rahman featured on the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack. Nominees were announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday.

The rapper, born Maya Arulpragasam, received a Record of the Year Grammy nod for her hit “Paper Planes” in December. She is pregnant with her first child and the baby is due next month, around the same time as the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on February 8.

The 81st Annual Academy Awards will air live on February 22 from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.

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Dominicano
January 22nd, 2009 at 4:06 pm
finall she deserved it!

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SamLank
February 4th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Did you know that M.I.A is a terror sympathiser? M.I.A says that she has been given a responsibility and a platform to discuss Sri Lankan Tamil problem but she never condemns terrorist acts LTTE has done for last 25 years. LTTE is one of the most ruthless terror outfits banned by USA, UK, Canada, India and other major countries. LTTE, has killed respected Sri Lankan Tamil leaders and scholars such as Thiruchelvam, Kadirgamar, Amirthalingam, etc, because they were not extremists. They have killed Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan Precedent R Premadasa. They killed 70000 plus innocent children, women, religious leaders and media personnel. They stabbed 43 buddhist monks to death in a bus by using swords and knives. They have killed hundreds of children in East region and hung in to coconut palms. They recruit children as young as 12 years to fight the war, as UN has outlined. They have killed Rajini Thiranagama, a leading Tamil writer and human rights advocate for her balanced opinions. They have linked up with terror outfits such as Al-Qaeda and created a global network of terror. Justifiably, USA banned this terror outfit (please do not tell me that CIA was duped!). When Sri Lankan government started liberating Tamil people oppressed by LTTE terrorists, Tamils living in USA such as M.I.A want to protest. After 25 years of gloom, Tamils in liberated areas are starting to see the light. Terror supporters live in USA must understand that they are part of the problem that frankly take their own Tamil generations live in Sri Lanka back to stone age. Keep in mind, majority of Tamil population now live in Colombo, together with Singhala majority. True sometimes they have to go through security procedures like in any other country with terror threats to avoid killing of innocent people, including Tamils. If you want to spend some energy on helping Tamils, please return to Sri Lanka, if you do not like the poverty conditions in north, live with Singhalese in south. US will never support your cause. India will never pardon your terror outfit who killed Rajiv Gandhi. As an “artist” M.I.A should be reasonable, should not be trying to paint a distorted picture. To the democratic world who fight terrorism, M.I.A may appear as a savior for terror mafia LTTE.

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Beytra
February 5th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Nice!

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Rimma
February 6th, 2009 at 10:11 am
I diud not think, that it can be real..

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