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A hip hop song, "Swagga Like Us" is built around a sample of "Paper Planes" by British artist M.I.A., featuring the line, "no one on the corner had swagger like us". [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Since "Paper Planes" itself samples the 1982 song " Straight to Hell " by British rock group The Clash , each of the writers of both songs are credited as writing ...
The song's lyric "No one on the corner has swagger like us" was sampled in "Swagga Like Us", a song recorded by American rappers T.I., Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne, and produced by West, taken from T.I.'s 2008 studio album Paper Trail.
It featured graffiti art and spray-paint canvasses mixing Tamil political street art with images of London life and consumerist culture. [17] [27] The show was nominated for an Alternative Turner Prize and a monograph book of the collection was published in 2002, titled M.I.A.. Actor Jude Law was among early buyers of her art. [13] [27] [28]
More than 30 years after her death, Mia Zapata's art continues to make a mark on the punk rock scene and influence both old and new generations of fans.
Prince and the Notorious B.I.G., who died in 2016 and 1997, respectively. Left: Kevin Winter/WireImage/Getty Images; Right: Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
She is the only artist in history to be nominated for an Academy Award, Grammy Award, Brit Award, Mercury Prize and Alternative Turner Prize, and the first artist of Asian descent to be nominated for an Academy and Grammy Award in the same year. Her award-winning career spans 13 years. This is the list of awards and nominations received by her.
British rapper and singer M.I.A. has released six studio albums, two extended plays, three mixtapes, forty-two singles (including nine as a featured artist) and twenty-nine music videos. Born Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, M.I.A. began her career as a visual artist and film-maker, and moved into making music after filming a documentary on the ...
Mia Farrow with sister Tisa Farrow. Art Zelin/Getty Images Tisa Farrow, the younger sister of Mia Farrow, has died. She was 72. “If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is ...