M.I.A.

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British musician Sri Lankan musician human rapper rapper from the United Kingdom record producer singer songwriter visual artist

M.I.A. is a British-Sri Lankan rapper, singer, and visual artist known for her politically charged lyrics and genre-blending hits like "Paper Planes."

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
M.I.A. canonical	95
M.I.A. (rapper)	4
MIA	2
Christina Aguilera featuring M.I.A.	1
M.I.A. album Kala	1
M.I.A. – Born Free	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T513220 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: M.I.A.
Context triple: [Super Bowl XLVI, halftimeShowPerformer, M.I.A.]

A. MIA
MIA is the UN/LOCODE designation for Miami, a major coastal city and transportation hub in the U.S. state of Florida.
B. MIA
MIA is the standard three-letter abbreviation used to represent the Miami Marlins Major League Baseball team.
C. Interpol
Interpol is an international police organization that facilitates cross-border cooperation and information sharing among law enforcement agencies worldwide to combat transnational crime.
D. Black Eyed Peas
Black Eyed Peas is an American musical group known for its fusion of hip hop and pop, producing global hits like "Where Is the Love?" and "I Gotta Feeling."
E. Bastille
The Bastille was a medieval fortress in Paris that became a notorious state prison and a powerful symbol of royal tyranny, whose storming in 1789 marked a key turning point in the French Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: M.I.A.
Target entity description: M.I.A. is a British-Sri Lankan rapper, singer, and visual artist known for her politically charged lyrics and genre-blending hits like "Paper Planes."

A. MIA
MIA is the UN/LOCODE designation for Miami, a major coastal city and transportation hub in the U.S. state of Florida.
B. MIA
MIA is the standard three-letter abbreviation used to represent the Miami Marlins Major League Baseball team.
C. Interpol
Interpol is an international police organization that facilitates cross-border cooperation and information sharing among law enforcement agencies worldwide to combat transnational crime.
D. Black Eyed Peas
Black Eyed Peas is an American musical group known for its fusion of hip hop and pop, producing global hits like "Where Is the Love?" and "I Gotta Feeling."
E. Bastille
The Bastille was a medieval fortress in Paris that became a notorious state prison and a powerful symbol of royal tyranny, whose storming in 1789 marked a key turning point in the French Revolution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British musician ⓘ Sri Lankan musician ⓘ human ⓘ rapper ⓘ rapper from the United Kingdom ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ visual artist ⓘ
activeYearsStart	2000 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam ⓘ linked to: Mathangi Arulpragasam Maya ⓘ
birthName	Mathangi Arulpragasam ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1975-07-18 ⓘ
debutAlbum	Arular ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sri Lankan Tamil ⓘ linked to: Tamil
fifthAlbum	AIM ⓘ
fourthAlbum	Matangi ⓘ
genre	alternative hip hop ⓘ dance music ⓘ electronic music ⓘ hip hop ⓘ world music ⓘ
hasChild	Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman ⓘ
influencedBy	electronic music ⓘ hip hop ⓘ world music ⓘ
knownFor	genre-blending music ⓘ politically charged lyrics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	M.I.A. ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award ⓘ Grammy Award ⓘ
notableWork	AIM ⓘ Arular ⓘ Bad Girls ⓘ Borders ⓘ Born Free ⓘ Bucky Done Gun ⓘ Galang ⓘ Kala ⓘ Matangi ⓘ Maya ⓘ Paper Planes ⓘ Paper Planes (song) ⓘ linked to: Paper Planes Sunshowers ⓘ XXXO ⓘ
occupation	rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ visual artist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Hounslow, London, England ⓘ linked to: Hounslow
secondAlbum	Kala ⓘ
thirdAlbum	Maya ⓘ

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Referenced by (104)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Super Bowl XLVI → halftimeShowPerformer → M.I.A. ⓘ

M.I.A. → name → M.I.A. ⓘ

Illangelo → associatedAct → M.I.A. ⓘ

Illangelo → collaboratedWith → M.I.A. ⓘ

The Cookbook → featuresArtist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Super Bowl XLVI halftime show → guestPerformer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Owl Pharaoh → hasTrack → MIA ⓘ

linked to: M.I.A.

XL Recordings → notableWork → M.I.A. album Kala ⓘ

linked to: M.I.A.

Switch → collaboratedWith → M.I.A. ⓘ

Switch → associatedAct → M.I.A. ⓘ

Diplo → associatedAct → M.I.A. ⓘ

Elastic Love → featuredArtist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Elastic Love → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Elastic Love → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Elastic Love → featuresRapperOrMC → M.I.A. ⓘ

Elastic Love → performedBy → Christina Aguilera featuring M.I.A. ⓘ

linked to: M.I.A.

Wesley Pentz → collaboratedWith → M.I.A. ⓘ

Thomas Wesley Pentz → notableCollaboration → M.I.A. ⓘ

Maya → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Maya → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Maya → producer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Richard X → collaboratedWith → M.I.A. ⓘ

Mathangi Arulpragasam → stageName → M.I.A. ⓘ

Mathangi Arulpragasam → stageName → MIA ⓘ

linked to: M.I.A.

Paper Planes → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Paper Planes → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Paper Planes → vocalist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Paper Planes → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Paper Planes → producer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Born Free → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Born Free → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Born Free → vocalist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Born Free → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Sunshowers → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Sunshowers → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Sunshowers → vocalist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Sunshowers → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Bucky Done Gun → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Bucky Done Gun → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Borders → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Borders → performer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Borders → vocalist → M.I.A. ⓘ

Borders → writer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Borders → composer → M.I.A. ⓘ

Borders → musicVideoDirector → M.I.A. ⓘ

XXXO → artist → M.I.A. ⓘ

XXXO → albumArtist → M.I.A. ⓘ

XXXO → songwriter → M.I.A. ⓘ

XXXO → musicVideoDirector → M.I.A. ⓘ

XXXO → partOfDiscographyOf → M.I.A. ⓘ

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