M.I.A. on Race Issues: 'Is Beyoncé​ or Kendrick Lamar Going to Say Muslim Lives Matter?'

FUSE TV - M.I.A. on Race Issues: 'Is Beyoncé​ or Kendrick Lamar Going to Say Muslim Lives Matter?'

Since the early stages of her career, M.I.A. never had an issue with speaking about controversial topics, especially when it comes to politics and race. In an interview with London's Evening Standard, the U.K. rapper weighs in on the Black Lives Matter movement.

When asked about Beyoncé's tribute to the Black Panthers at this year's Super Bowl halftime show, M.I.A. presented her no holds barred opinion:

"It’s interesting that in America the problem you’re allowed to talk about is Black Lives Matter. It’s not a new thing to me—it’s what Lauryn Hill was saying in the 1990s, or Public Enemy in the 1980s. Is Beyoncé or Kendrick Lamar going to say Muslim Lives Matter? Or Syrian Lives Matter? Or this kid in Pakistan matters? That’s a more interesting question. And you cannot ask it on a song that’s on Apple, you cannot ask it on an American TV programme, you cannot create that tag on Twitter, Michelle Obama is not going to hump you back."

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