M.I.A. is being nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys. Her album "Paper Planes" a politically driven record that chronicled the war drenched landscape in the world by speaking out against it in an angry, yet revolutionary voice has finally received the mainstream attention it deserves. The Britain born rapper comes from a varied background, having been raised by a father involved with the Tamil Tigers, a separatist group fighting in her homeland of Sri Lanka. Without a doubt, M.I.A. has been influenced by the suffering of her people and it shows in her lyrics. The album, whether considered overly angry, is one that is necessary as it gives a voice to those who have none. M.I.A. is excited to be nominated and excited that the feelings of being an outsider have been lessened with the mainstream nomination. It gives the rapper hope that there are others who share in her outrage at the corruption in government. Even after much success, M.I.A. hopes to tone down her next album and redirect her focus, as "Paper Planes" was a result of the times, she hopes that whatever she does in the future will be as well, ''I always kind of made music from quite an angry place and I always thought it was more macho. I don't want to be (tough) like a dude. I wanna be a good woman." The thirty-one year old artist is expecting her first child.