2006 - M.I.A. (Sri Lankan-born Hip-Hop Artist)


London-based M.I.A. (Maya Arulpragasam) was scheduled to work with American hip-hop producers on her next album. Her visa was denied in the spring of 2006. New reports indicate that she was excluded because government officials concluded that some of her lyrics are overly sympathetic to the Tamil Tigers and the Palestinian Liberation Organization."]