M.I..A. has released a new track 'Boom ADD,' which takes on the NFL, and the 2012 controversy where the rapper flipped the bird at the 2012 Super Bowl, while performing alongside Madonna.
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The silly (pretty lame) gesture of defiance created a cyclone of outrage from not only the NFL, but the CONCERNED VIEWERS AT HOME!!!!, making M.I.A. public enemy #1.
Maya was sued by the organization, initially for $1.5 million, and soon upped to an astounding $16.6 million; the case was settled in 2014 for an undisclosed amount.
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Well, 4 years later, and M.I.A. is understandably still pissed.
The song begins with a message from an attorney giving the details of the suit, before the British-born Sri Lankan launches into her amazing and trademark bratty schoolkid taunts while tying in human rights issues over a twisted beat.
'Boom ADD' is actually an extended version of 'Boom Skit,' which was featured on the rapper's excellent 2013 album Matangi.
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M.I.A. keeps it simple and shady, dissing the NFL's antiquated (and/or nonexistent) sense of morality: "Spend time in the Ashram, or drone you, KONY 2012-you, now, scram!" She spits.
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Listen below.