M.I.A. CANCELS GIGS AFTER VISA PROBLEMS
British rapper M.I.A. has pulled the plug on her set at the Sasquatch music festival in Washington state after running into visa problems.
The MC - real name Mathangi Arulpragasam - was set to perform this weekend (26-27May07), but has not been granted a visa to enter the U.S.
Arulpragasam was also denied a visa to enter the U.S. last year (06), when she was scheduled to record with producer/rapper Timbaland.
Although born in London, Arulpragasam spent much of her childhood in her parents’ native Sri Lanka, where her father Arul Pragasam was a prominent Tamil militant.
M.I.A. hopes to resolve her visa issues by August (07), when she is scheduled to perform at Lollapalooza in Chicago, Illinois.
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