It's pretty much impossible to mention anything about
Diplo without touching on the work he's done with Sri Lankan-born, London-bred popstress
M.I.A.
The story goes... "After hearing one of Diplo's songs in 2004, M.I.A. approached Diplo when he was DJing one night at the Fabric Club in London. Regarding their first meeting, M.I.A. said "It had that same homelessness about it. It didn't have a particular genre, which is what people always say to me: Your song doesn't fit anywhere. So I went on a mad mission to find other people like that, because then we could make a home."[5] Diplo adds, "Besides me being a white dude from Florida and her being a Sri Lankan girl in England, everything else was the same: [We were both] film graduates, [listened to] all the same music when we were kids, were going in the same direction right now in music, it was amazing."[6] Coincidentally, Diplo was playing her single "Galang" as she entered the club, which he got from a worker at i-D magazine.[6] The two became romantically involved for some time and collaborated on a mixtape, Piracy Funds Terrorism Vol. 1. They have collaborated on songs since the release, and he toured as a DJ on her 2005 Arular Tour."
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