Rap-Up.com || Video: M.I.A. Makes the TIME 100

Rapper. Mother. Activist. Now M.I.A. has a new title to add to her résumé: World’s Most Influential Person. The Sri Lankan artist lands on TIME magazine’s TIME 100 list for the first time, among Barack Obama and Brad Pitt.

“It’s funny to think of M.I.A. as influential, because I don’t think she ever set out to be influential,” says director Spike Jonze. “The great thing about her is that she doesn’t have some global plan. She just has things she cares about and is interested in, from all over the world.”

Watch her interview below.

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6 Comments

Giselle
May 1st, 2009 at 5:24 pm
She deserves it, a lot of people copy her style and sample her music. I think that’s influential.

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Jay
May 1st, 2009 at 7:06 pm
I heard her story before and it’s horrible what goes on there. She’s a real strong woman.

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ugh
May 1st, 2009 at 7:30 pm
i was a fan before she was mainstream and people thought i was stupid for liking her music. look whos laughing now b*tches!

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Catie
May 1st, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I’m happy for her. She has come a long way and deserves to get recognition for it.

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carl
May 1st, 2009 at 11:48 pm
what did she do to make the list?

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`shawtaye.
May 2nd, 2009 at 1:08 am
M.I.A rocks!

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