Is M.I.A. who sang paper planes of Indian Origin?

Question

I saw her pics on google images, and she looks like shes indian (like maybe her parents) but she has an accent, i think from australia. Maybe she grew up in australia?!?!

Answer 1

she is from london(born there) but moved back to sri-lanka cuz thts where her parents are from ,then moved to india,then moved to london when she was 11,cuz her dad is a tamil tiger and he moved them from sri-lanka because of it was war towarn

m.i.a's music was much better before she made the kala cd...check out her 1st album (arular)

Answer 2

Yes, she is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent but she was actually born in London and then went back to Sri Lanka at six months old. She eventually returned to London where she and her family were housed as refugees.

Answer 3

She is from Sri Lanka

Answer 4

Yep, she's from Sri Lanka,  I think she may have lived in India to escape the civil wars, and I also know she lived in Britian for awhile.