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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ahamednishadh" data-source="post: 2593235" data-attributes="member: 4368">M.I.A. accused of terrorist imagery  If Sri Lankan hip-hop Mavon DeLon is to be believed, M.I.A. might not have been kidding when she said "All I wanna do is (bang bang bang bang)...and take your money."On July 29, he posted a remix video disc of the British rapper's "Paper Planes" on YouTube that claims M.I.A. used imagery from the LTTE.The video consists of a graphic montage of terrorist victims, child soldiers, and the lady in question, set to a remix of "Paper Planes" that has DeLon bellowing, "Yo, here's for all you people that really think that M.I.A. is a freedom fighter, trying to dress up like her. Let me give you some facts..." It also makes the not-so-subtle insinuation that M.I.A. has traded in her bona fides for dolla dolla bills and the depiction is, to say the least, unflattering.This probably couldn't come at a worse time for M.I.A., who is herself a Sri Lankan and whose song is being heavily promoted for the film ‘Pineapple Express’, which hits film theatres today. According to the video, which cites the FBI, the LTTE "perfected the use of suicide bombers, invented the suicide belt, pioneered the use of women in suicide attacks, murdered some 4,000 people in the past two years alone, and assassinated two world leaders."DeLon has drawn attention as a rising star in the international hip-hop scene, especially for his willingness to stand up to the LTTE, and is the first Sri Lankan/American to ever make it to the Billboard charts. His video is no longer available on YouTube, as it was given a cease-and-desist from Interscope Records for "endangering M.I.A.'s reputation as a freedom fighter."As a result, DeLon is now filing a lawsuit against Interscope/UMG for infringement of his First Amendment rights. -DailymirrorGood to know dat Sri Lankan media have also started to report this thing. nw we can have more support to delon.</blockquote>

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