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Maybe it was the bombs to make you blow. Or the beats to make you bang. Or maybe it's because her father is a Tamil Tiger and she put out a mixtape called Piracy Funds Terrorism. For whatever reason, British-Sri Lankan mash-up diva M.I.A. has been denied entry into the United States of America. She recently posted the following, um, cryptic message on her MySpace page:

"THEY TRY SHUT MY DOOR!

Roger roger do you here me over!!!!
the U.S immigration wont let me in!!!!!
i was mennu work with timber startin this week, but now im doin a Akon "im locked out they wont let me in" im locked out! they wont let me in! Now Im strictly making my album outside the borders!!!! so il see you all one day, for now ill keep reportin from the sidelines
to my people who walk wiv me in the America, dont forget we got the internet! Spread the word! or come get me!!!!!! ill be in my bird flu lab in china! liming and drinkin tiger beer with my pet turtel. I love everyone for the support, now i need it more. ill stay up spread out else where."

We think that means that M.I.A. was supposed to begin recording here with producer Timbaland, but immigration problems prevented her from entering the country. So she's stationed elsewhere, working on her second album, listening to Akon, and drinking beer with her turtle.

Various sources report that her lawyers are on the case, but for now, that's all we know. So we're just going to sit here and listen to Timbaland and Nelly Furtado's bananas ridonkulous "Promiscuous Girl" over and over again in protest until our government wises up and lets M.I.A. in.