8 March 2009

M.I.A.’s Baby Is Not Named Ickitt

By Alex Alvarez at 9:00 AM.

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M.I.A. descended to Earth in her giant neon spaceship long enough to let us know that, no, her baby is not named “Ickitt” or any variation thereof. The MySpace blog post she wrote about it was kind of adorable and, in typical M.I.A. fashion, kind of loud:

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6 March 2009

M.I.A.’s New Baby Is Named Ickett. Luckily, His First Photo Is Cuter Than His Name.

By Alex Alvarez at 12:02 PM.

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M.I.A, née Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, and her fiancé Benjamin Brewer have finally revealed the name of their son, born on February 11th - “Ickett.” And one of her buddies posted a picture of the baby online! As far as we can tell, the name doesn’t mean anything other than “Name No Other Baby Will Have Because [...]

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9 February 2009

M.I.A. Almost Gives Birth At Grammys, Has Some Strong Opinions On Slumdog Millionaire

By Alex Alvarez at 5:00 PM.

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M.I.A. performed at the Grammy’s last night, on the very night she was due to give birth to her first child. That certainly could have ended… messily. M.I.A. was able to keep from queefing out a baby long enough to give a performance and to share her thoughts on Slumdog Millionaire.

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