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Proving her undying commitment to her art – or perhaps not wanting to turn down the biggest publicity opportunity of her career? – M.I.A. has confirmed she’ll perform at the American music industry’s night of nights this weekend, the Grammy Awards, on Sunday February 8th. What makes that so special? M.I.A. is literally due to give birth to her first child on the very same day.

M.I.A. is up for Record Of The Year, with her track Paper Planes having climbed the Billboard charts in 2008 thanks to its inclusion on the soundtrack for Seth Rogen’s stoner flick Pineapple Express. It’s an interesting turn of events for the ever-fashionable MC, considering only a few years back she was denied entry to the US because of her father’s questionable history as a �terrorist’ (he was a member of revolutionary Sri Lankan group the Tamil Tigers).