M.I.A.

<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/11/mia-slumdog.html"><b>M.I.A.</b></a><br> <br> The globe-trotting political activism of electronic artist M.I.A. has been a cult fave for years. Both her albums -- 2005’s “Arular” and 2007’s “Kala” -- reached the Top 200 on the U.S. pop charts. But the operative word is “cult.” It wasn’t until comedy “Pineapple Express” used her tune of revolution “Paper Planes” in its commercial that M.I.A. became a mainstream entity – one who scored a Grammy nom for record of the year.<br> <br> And her momentum isn’t slowing. Her new label, N.E.E.T, recently released the soundtrack to “Slumdog Millionaire,” in which she has a song.

Matt Sayles / Associated Press / December 4, 2008

M.I.A.

The globe-trotting political activism of electronic artist M.I.A. has been a cult fave for years. Both her albums -- 2005’s “Arular” and 2007’s “Kala” -- reached the Top 200 on the U.S. pop charts. But the operative word is “cult.” It wasn’t until comedy “Pineapple Express” used her tune of revolution “Paper Planes” in its commercial that M.I.A. became a mainstream entity – one who scored a Grammy nom for record of the year.

And her momentum isn’t slowing. Her new label, N.E.E.T, recently released the soundtrack to “Slumdog Millionaire,” in which she has a song.

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