A few days after M.I.A. joked about getting Kanye West to marry her so she could get a green card and stay in the U.S. long enough for them to collaborate, the Edmonton Sun claims that she’s going to the tie the knot with Benjamin Brewer, a guitarist for the NY band Exit. Mr. Brewer is also the son of Edgar Bronfman, Jr., the Warner Bros. CEO we can’t get enough of. While there’s been no official statement from MIA or her beau’s rich-as-fuck Canadian family, we wish the alleged couple all the best, and we even have a song recommendation for the wedding reception.
The 29-year-old British/Sri Lankan singer, who released the smash sophomore album Kala last year, will be leaving her New York City apartment when her one-year work visa expires in June.
M.I.A.’s father was once a soldier in the Sri Lankan terrorist organization Tamil Tigers, hence the problems with U.S. immigration officials, who previously denied her entry in 2006.
“I figured I might as well do a few more shows in America before I may not be allowed back in or ever get a chance to come back again,” she says. “It’s nice to tour around America and do every gig like it’s your last gig.
“I might have to move to Canada,” she adds. “I’m thinking of moving to Montreal in June when I leave my apartment. Basically at the moment I can choose between Montreal and London. My mum’s like, ‘I want you here!’ I haven’t seen her in, like, forever, so I have to choose between my mum and Montreal.”
Tom Petty may have meant this track as a cranky dis, but it could easily be reimagined as the chivalrous claims of a gentleman willing to share the wealth and allow a restless spirit to finally have a home to call her own. You believe what you want to believe, but you don’t have to live like a refugee. Oh, oh, oh!
M.I.A. To W.E.D. [Edmonton Sun]
M.I.A.: Canada Bound?
Refugee [YouTube]
as a montreal resident with a tendency to be attracted to both hipsters and south asian women, my heart has been forever broken by this news :’(
Aren’t there contractual stipulations against marrying outside the Interscope corporate umbrella?
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So, all she wanna do is (BANG BANG BANG BANG!) and (KKKAAAA CHING!) and take his money?
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Wha, too soon???
This is actually all next level viral promo for an upcoming Interscope/WMG/Disney/American Apparel project called “Hipsterhontas.” She was a rebel warrior princess, he was a rich dude, and…something involving Diplo shooting arrows at them. Theme is a collab between Santogold and Elton John sponsored by Target and Ford.
@CortneyH: FTW!
(slow hand clap…)
Baby Bronfman Paper Stacker goes M.I.A.
There are no words…Well, um, okay, just check it out.
Ben Brewer (from the Exit) Live @ Rockwood Music Hall on October 19, 2007, brought to you by Beyond Race Magazine. Lead singer from the Exit, leading new york afro-punk band. New York City.
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