M.I.A.’s baby is called Ikhyd, not Ickett
From the archive: published Mar 22, 2009, 17 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Despite rampant speculation that British singer M.I.A called her child Ickett, it turns out that the child was named Ikhyd.
TMZ managed to obtain a copy of “Certificate of Live Birth” of M.I.A’s baby and according to the document, she named her boy Ikhyd Edgar Arular Bronfman.
M.I.A. issued the following statement March 6 on the rumors: “My baby name is not called Ickitt, Pickit or Lickit, Thank You very much to all the Hollywood Press” M.I.A. said. “He’s a baby, he don’t need press! I didn’t release the baby name because i didn’t think it was news! But I will be back with something newsworthy soon, till then, go pick on apple, satchel and moon unit.”