Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

M.I.A. dispels baby Ickitt rumors

|
|
 
  
Published: March. 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM

LOS ANGELES, March 7 (UPI) -- British pop star M.I.A. says in an online posting that rumors she has named her newborn son Ickitt are untrue.

People.com reported Friday the "Sunshowers" singer said on her MySpace celebrity page that her 3-week-old son and his name should not be the subject of media reports.

"My baby is not called Ickitt, Pickit or Lickit thank you very much," M.I.A. wrote in her online posting. "He's a baby, he don't need press!"

The 31-year-old singer suggested members of the media divert their attention to other uniquely named children of celebrities until she offers her fans additional information.

"Till then go pick on Apple, Satchel and Moon Unit," she said, referring to the children of singer Chris Martin, director Spike Lee and rocker Frank Zappa respectively.

People.com said M.I.A., whose real name is Mathangi Arulpragasam, gave birth Feb. 11. Arulpragasam is engaged to musician Benjamin Bronfman.

© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
"One dolla bid, now two, now two, will ya' give me two? Two dolla bid, now three, now three, will...
More and more members of Generation Y are discovering that instead of having mom and dad pay for...
The $77 million cow pasture: "They were going to build a city. There should have been roads. There...
Police officer breaks into neighbor's home to do laundry. Fails to make a clean getaway
Florida saved 61 children from death by abuse and neglect.... by narrowing its definitions of abuse...
I have no idea what you're talking about, here's a senior citizen in a chair floating above the...