Is M.I.A. Still "Ghetto" in Her New Beverly Hills Home?

Basically put... she sold out. When a star moves from the streets to wealthy pomp living circumstances, the feeling is they sold out. What they have done, in effect, is proven that the very worst is true of impoverished or poor communities because she has the money to actually build herself a nice place in her own hood but instead abandoned it. Why? Some are very honest in stating they're likely to be killed or robbed on a regular basis if they remain where they grew up... some are more blunt stating where they came from, no one gave them anything and they basically have "escaped" the life they were once forced to live.

But then, they fake the street life deal throughout their career... and it is in fact fake when they live in a rich neighborhood and totally abandon that life other than play acting because it benefits their careers.

What makes this with MIA even more worth condemning are her political views because now she has the power to bring real, hands on change. It's like a black celeb who leaves where they grew up. They have the connections and the influence which aside from the money they have, gives them the ability to create real change back home for the people they grew up with... they simply don't do it or very rarely so.

You hear about these country singers who buy towns or who basically own the hometown where they grew up in. They invest in the towns but it's the people in them who choose their local leaders. When these local leaders do badly, it's the celeb who owns the city who gets blamed by many when often the investment by the celebs did bring positive change or helped a lot of people in need initially... then things go downhill.

It's kind of a no win situation if you do nothing or do too much but when you add in political views... then, you are yourself in the wrong if you do not practice what you preach. You cannot condemn others for doing nothing while depressed communities suffer when you have both the means and the resources to help them... but do nothing except blame and criticize others for not doing what you yourself won't.

Now that MIA has chosen a new path for herself, she either must change her entire life to what it has become... or remain true to her old life using her newfound wealth and influence to bring about the change she sings and preaches about or otherwise she's just another punk'a55 exploiter no different than the people she complains about regardless of where they may be in the world.