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        M.I.A.—"Boyz"

        Maya Arulpragasam, aka M.I.A., grew up between London, India, and her native Sri Lanka. The violence of the civil war in Sri Lanka influenced her early artistic development. Her music mixes hip-hop, electro, dancehall, and baile funk.

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