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M.I.A. -- Huge Soccer Team Threatens Lawsuit ... Stop Wearing Our Jersey!

Published: 01/11/2016

Paris Saint-Germain -- one of the most famous soccer teams in the world -- is going to war with rapper M.I.A. ... claiming she's damaging their reputation by rocking their jersey in a music video. The whole fight is over M.I.A.'s video for her song, "Borders" -- in which the rapper attempts to…

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M.I.A. to NFL -- My Middle Finger Was Tame ... Compared to Prince's Penis Guitar

Published: 03/17/2014

M.I.A. says the NFL is overreacting big time in their legal war over the middle finger she flipped during the 2012 Super Bowl Halftime show ... and the proof is in Prince's giant penis guitar. M.I.A. just filed new legal docs saying the NFL's demand for $16.6 MILLION in restitution and damages…

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M.I.A. -- Screw Middle Finger Lawsuit ... I'm Going Back to the Super Bowl

Published: 11/13/2013

M.I.A. doesn't give two craps about the NFL's $1.5 million lawsuit against her for flashing a middle finger during last year's Super Bowl halftime show -- in fact, she tells TMZ, she's going back to the Super Bowl ... to support Bruno Mars. M.I.A. was leaving an L.A. sushi joint when we asked…

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M.I.A. -- I'm Taking Super Bowl Heat For Slutty Cheerleaders

Published: 09/23/2013

M.I.A. is refusing to pay the NFL a dime for flashing her middle finger during the Super Bowl last year ... because she thinks a group of crotch-flashing cheerleaders were way more offensive. The singer posted a video today, claiming the girls -- who shared the stage with M.I.A. and Madonna --…

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M.I.A. -- New York Is Holding My Baby Hostage!

Published: 06/10/2013

M.I.A. says New York courts have committed a human rights violation -- against her and her baby. Filthy rich baby daddy Ben Bronfman -- son of Seagram's billionaire Edgar Bronfman Jr. -- got a restraining order in March ... blocking M.I.A. from taking her son to her homeland -- England. M.I.A. is…

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Rapper M.I.A. -- Can't Go AWOL With Son After Ex Gets Restraining Order

Published: 03/14/2013

M.I.A. better love Brooklyn ... 'cause the rapper's been banned from leaving the borough with her son ... courtesy of a court order obtained by her filthy rich baby daddy, Benjamin Bronfman. M.I.A. was reportedly threatening to take her 4-year-old boy Ikhyd to England, her home country ... until…

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Madonna -- M.I.A.'s Middle Finger Stunt Was Stupid and Childish

Published: 02/10/2012

Madonna is lashing out at M.I.A.'s bird-flipping grab for attention during the Super Bowl Halftime show last weekend -- claiming the crude gesture was a "teenager ... irrelevant thing to do." Madonna called in to "On Air with Ryan Seacrest" this morning -- saying, "I was really surprised. I…

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M.I.A. Will Be Left Holding the Bag if NBC Gets Fined

Published: 02/06/2012

M.I.A. will end up paying any fines imposed on NBC as a result of her finger wag during the Super Bowl halftime show ... sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ. Our sources say ... the NFL has indemnified NBC ... because the NFL is responsible for the halftime content. But the NFL was smart, given…

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Parents Org. -- NBC 'Enabled' Offensive Super Bowl Halftime Show

Published: 02/06/2012

A powerful parents TV watchdog claims NBC failed the American public by "enabling" M.I.A. to flip off the camera during the Super Bowl halftime show yesterday ... and now the group is demanding punishment. The Parents Television Council has released a statement on the incident ... saying, "It is…

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M.I.A. Flashes Middle Finger During Super Bowl Halftime Show

Published: 02/05/2012

It wasn't Janet Jackson's nipple, but M.I.A. flashed a body part of her own during the Super Bowl halftime show just now -- her middle finger! It went down as she and Nicki Minaj joined Madonna on stage for their song, "Give Me All Your Luvin." It's been eight years since JJ changed the face of…

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M.I.A. Kid Explains Gun to the Head in Video

Published: 04/29/2010

12-year-old Ian Hamrick gets his head blown off in M.I.A.'s new music video ... and he sounds like a 50-year-old philosopher as he explains why he let someone put a gun to his head. As Ian and his mother left Jerry's Deli in Studio City, the ginger explained that the violent "Born Free" vid…

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M.I.A's Real (Crazy) Baby Name

Published: 03/23/2009

We got our hands on singer M.I.A's new baby's birth certificate and, as she disputed on her blog, the baby's name is not Ickitt. That's just ridiculous, who in their right mind would name their baby that? The real name happens to be Ikhyd. According to the document, Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam…

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