M.I.A. Shares Previously Unreleased Song and Video Babylon, Which Is Being Auctioned as NFT – Complex

M.I.A.is still riding the NFT train.

The British artists previously unreleased song and video Babylon,teased earlier this week, is now part of a non-fungible tokenauction via Foundation, along with 10 othertracks from her 2010 mixtapeVicki Leekx. The winning bidders will receivethe mastered audio of the songs as well asexclusive high-resolution visuals directed by M.I.A.

Vicki Leekx will reportedly hit streaming platforms at a later date.

Profits from the 24-hour auction, which kicked off at 3 p.m. ETFriday,will support the Courage Foundation, an international organization that supports whistleblowers rights andfreedom of the press, as well as the release ofJulian Assange, the embattled WikiLeaks founder who inspired theVicki Leekx tape. Assange is accused of conspiring with ex-U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to obtain and publish secret government documents. He was ultimately hit with over a dozen criminal counts, including violations of the Espionage Act.

In a 2019 interview with Al Jazeera, M.I.A. spoke about her opposition to Assanges extradition to the United States, and described him as an icon on a scale weve never had.

I dont think [the U.S. has] got it right, this big conspiracy with Assange, or for thinking Assange is the big cause of all the shitin the world, she told the outlet. Assange is not the problem. He demonstrated an alternative solution, turning up at a time when we needed it most. Persecuting him wont solve any of the problems we have as humanity going forwards.

You can watch the full Babylon video on M.I.A.s OHMNI website.

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