HIRSCHBERG’S PROFILE JUSTIFIED “M.I.A.’s Agitprop Pop”, a profile by Lynn Hirschberg, New York times is a critical portrayal of Maya Arulpragasam, also known as M.I.A., who is famous for the rap songs with controversial lyrics. In this profile Hirschberg gives and impression of M.I.A. being a hypocrite . Maya was born in Hounslow, United Kingdom moved to Sri Lanka when she was six months old. Maya’s father was one of the founders of the Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students (EROS), because of which she was closely related to the war like situation between the Sinhalese Government and the tigers in Sri Lanka. M.I.A. tried to bring light on the issues in Sri Lanka in front of the people by her music. The very first incident that Hirschberg talks about is how Maya initially wanted to give birth at home because she thinks that her …show more content…
And that has been her greatest mission. Zach Baron, a columnist for the village voice, credits her for “brilliantly” bringing the sufferings of the Tamil’s to a global spotlight. He praised her for getting thousands of American journalists to become aware of the situation, nothing that she put “her success and fame to use every opportunity and avenue possible to remind Americans and people around the globe of this conflict is pretty much the most admirable thing going on in pop music. Even though what Dinga has to say is true, the fact that the people who could actually do something about the situation already knew what the situation was and didn’t offer help anyway. Moreover, the common people who were listening to her music could not really help the people in need. Most of the people who followed M.I.A.’s music, dint even bother to pay attention the lyrics and what she was actually trying to convey. And for most of them who did listen to the lyrics and understood what she wanted to say got