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Rapper M.I.A. may be moving to Montreal when her American visa expires in June.

Because her father was once a soldier in the Sri Lankan terrorist organization Tamil Tigers, she doesn’t expect her visa to be renewed.

“Basically at the moment I can choose between Montreal and London,” she told Baby Baby Baby magzine. “My mum’s like, ‘I want you here!’ I haven’t seen her in, like, forever, so I have to choose between my mum and Montreal.”

She said that she’s been making the most of her final U.S. concerts, and that Kanye West has offered to marry her to keep her in the country.

She was previously barred entrance to the States in 2006.

First it was SARSstock and this year it will be Terrorstock?

Canadian Press is reporting that Senator Jerry Grafstein, former Liberal MP Dennis Mills and political consultant Warren Kinsella – the men behind the 2003 benefit concert in Downsview Park to show the world Toronto was safe from SARS – are planning a day to show that Torontonians are not afraid of terrorist attacks.

The event will be held June 25 and is called “I Am Not Afraid.” Little is known about the planned day, except a baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Mets, which may have some celebrities in attendance.

The event comes after 17 men were arrested in the greater Toronto Area for allegedly planning a terrorist attack on Canada. Reported targets included Parliament Hill, Bay Street in Toronto and the CBC.

More details will be released next week.