The Queen Of Controversy! Super Bowl Rapper M.I.A.’s 5 Most Shocking & Scandalous Acts

Posted on Feb 08, 2012 @ 06:00AM

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Bad girl British rapper M.I.A is no stranger to controversy!

The sassy singer, who shocked America on Sunday by flipping the bird during her Super Bowl Halftime Show performance of Give Me All Your Luvin’ with Madonna, has stirred up a lot more drama during her career than just an obscene gesture, and RadarOnline.com has details about her controversial past.

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5. M.I.A., who grew up in Sri Lanka, has publicly expressed support of the Tamil, a militant group that has been linked to several political assassinations -- so much so, that she landed herself on the U.S. Homeland Security risk list in 2006 and was denied a U.S. travel visa!

4. Her Born Free video, directed by Romain Gavras and released in 2010, was pulled off YouTube for extreme graphic violence and full frontal nudity. One of the most controversial videos of all times, it featured such images as U.S. soldiers brutally beating people with their guns as well as rounding up red-headed citizens and then executing them.

Watch The Video On RadarOnline.com

3. After her Born Free video stirred up controversy, she bashed Justin Bieber! “I find the new Justin Bieber video more violent and more of an assault to my eyes and sense than what I’ve made,” she chided to Britain’s NME magazine.

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2. After New York Times journalist Lynn Hirschberg wrote a less than flattering profile on M.I.A., the singer waged a public war against her, which included posting her phone number on Twitter.

1. Her latest video for Bad Girls, which was released last week, is another collaboration with director Gavras. Though not quite as shocking as Born Free, the video, which was filmed in Morocco, once again features controversial political and socially charged imagery such as women in burqas, fast cars and assault rifles.

You can watch M.I.A.’s controversial Bad Girls video right here on RadarOnline.com.

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Love MIA, can't wait for the next album! =D

by afthom
Posted Wed, 02/08/2012 - 6:55pm

What a punk. And she's ugly as hell to boot.

by crazytalk
Posted Wed, 02/08/2012 - 2:55pm

Those with no talent have to do something to be noticed. Glad I turned it off at half time

by dann
Posted Wed, 02/08/2012 - 2:51pm

im glad the masses dont care for her- Shes been around for years. i have all her albums & shes WELL respected in the underground community 4 actually havin a message. same people criticizin are the same ones that listen 2 jb & watch glee.

by MzJask
Posted Wed, 02/08/2012 - 1:06pm

So WHO hired this person to perform in front of an American Super Bowl audience? They
should be fired! Reading her terrorist leanings, why wouldn't you expect that from her?

by kka
Posted Wed, 02/08/2012 - 12:19pm

She shows the finger and everybody is offended. How quickly ppl forget all the "offensive" things Madonna has done.

by Berta Vasquez
Posted Wed, 02/08/2012 - 11:45am

sorry, i mean "ethnic".

by purejuice
Posted Wed, 02/08/2012 - 11:29am

Even Madonna is upset with her and calling her unprofessional. She hurt her own image, all for just a few seconds of air time. She's no professional. Real professionals do not need to stoop to such a low level to get noticed.

by crickets
Posted Wed, 02/08/2012 - 9:55am

Problem here is that she got her 15 min probably the only 15 min she will ever get

by Josie
Posted Wed, 02/08/2012 - 8:56am

Never heard about her till today it's not about looks , the aim was probably to get attention , she did, but she isn't much of a singer though , I probably could rap better then her LOL.

by Josie
Posted Wed, 02/08/2012 - 8:54am