MIA fuming over MTV 'sabotage'

Genre crossing rap star M.I.A has reacted angrily to having her new video censored by MTV.

The outspoken singer told fans she was fuming when she saw that MTV had wiped out a gun shot sound effect from the video of 'Paper Planes'.

"I made the 'Paper Planes' video. I made it how they wanted. No violence. Ambiguous. MTV-friendly," said M.I.A on her MySpace blog.

"Now today, I check YouTube and see the leaked MTV 'Paper Planes' video up for the first time. I clicked on it and out comes this f**ked up mess with double-tracked bulls**t mess. Who the f**k is doing this to me?

"The video was sabotaged for whatever reason and I'm disappointed that MTV has had such a major role in this. I did fight for the sound, because putting meanings in your videos, in my opinion, is a dying art. I can film myself anywhere, anytime and let you know the truth, but the song is what I wanted to preserve in this case."

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