M.I.A.
In today’s Daily Rap, M.I.A. blasts Sri Lanka, Christina Milian shows off baby Violet and TLC star Rozonsa ‘Chilli’ Thomas lands her own dating show.
M.I.A. Blasts Sri Lanka
Rapper M.I.A. has accused the Sri Lankan government of launching a sinister campaign to oversee her movements and "ban" her from returning to her native Britain.
The Paper Planes hitmaker, whose family is of Sri Lankan origin, arrived back in her home country last month after 18 months living in Los Angeles, and claims she encountered numerous problems with her travel documents.
She is convinced officials in Sri Lanka deliberately sabotaged her plans to fly back to the U.K. by "pulling the strings" after she criticized the government and accused authorities in the country of "genocide" during the Asian nation's lengthy civil war.
The rapper - real name Maya Arulpragasam - fears she is now on a list of international terror suspects and is adamant she has been spied on and that her email and Twitter.com accounts have been hacked into.
She tells British rock mag NME, "People used to come and park outside my house in L.A. I felt so powerless... I'm living f**king proof that politics doesn't work. Every time I breathe it's documented on my computer, and yet I'm still on some stupid list somewhere that says I'm a terrorist."
Earlier this year, M.I.A. told her followers on Twitter of her ongoing struggle to return to Britain, writing: "Banned from leaving the U.S., family banned from coming to U.S. to see me, baby."
Christina Milian Shows Off Baby Violet
Christina Milian has introduced her baby daughter Violet to the world with a photoshoot in a U.S. magazine.
The singer gave birth to her first child with her producer husband The-Dream in February, after announcing the pregnancy in October, just weeks after they secretly married in Las Vegas.
She has now shown off little Violet for the first time in a spread with America's Us Weekly magazine, opening up her home to the cameras to reveal the tot's newly-decorated nursery.
Milian tells the publication, "She's got a lot of personality! She laughs a lot!"
TLC Star Lands Dating Show
TLC star Rozonsa ‘Chilli’ Thomas' hunt for love and romance is to be televised by cable channel VH1.
What Chilli Wants will chronicle the singer's bid to find a new man with the help of matchmaker Tionna Smalls.
Thomas' former partners include Usher and she shares a child with producer Dallas Austin. Chilli has also been romantically linked to boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr.