M.i.a. Member of the most excellent order of the British Empire

M.i.a. was named a member of the Most Distinguished Order of the British Empire (MBE) as part of the annual Honor Birthday Honors ceremony, at which various British citizens are recognized for their services to the arts , medicine, philanthropy and other sectors, as BBC Reports. The MBE of Mathangi Arulpragasam has been awarded for its "services rendered to music". In a statement posted on Instagram, M.I.A. paid tribute to his mother, who was "one of two women in England to have hand-sewn these medals in the past 30 years".

"I am honored to have this honor because it means a lot to my mother. I want to pay tribute to the fact that my mother has spent many hours in life, "she wrote. "She spent her life in England hand sewing thousands of medals for the Queen. No matter what I feel or think, my mother was extremely proud of her work. It's a very unique situation for me to be able to honor his work at the most prestigious minimum wage of all time. Find the complete statement below.

Elvis Costello, who has been named Officer of the British Order (OBE), is also on the list of winners. "I am delighted to receive this recognition for my" Services To Music "because it confirms my long-held suspicions that no one really listens to the words of the songs or that the result could have been a little different", a- he wrote in a blog yesterday.

The most recent album by M.I.A. GOAL was released in 2016. Last year, she released the video of "Reload", a song appeared on the soundtrack of the documentary MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.