Musicians including Rita Ora and James Blunt have united to stand against racism after rapper Wiley’s anti-Semitic tweets. In an open letter shared online, around 700 artists and label executives called for the British music industry to ‘wipe out racism’ and declared ‘silence is not an option’. Others who have signed the powerful statement include … Read more
YouTube is under pressure to suspend the account of rapper Wiley after he continued to post videos days after being banned from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for anti-Semitic comments. The musician, whose real name is Richard Cowie, was widely condemned for the anti-Jewish posts on Twitter starting on Friday, including one Instagram video where he … Read more
YouTube is under pressure to suspend the account of rapper Wiley after he continued to post videos days after being banned from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for anti-Semitic comments. The musician, whose real name is Richard Cowie, was widely condemned for the anti-Jewish posts on Twitter starting on Friday, including one Instagram video where he … Read more
Twitter has said sorry for being slow to react over Wiley’s anti-Semitic posts as the grime star insisted he’s not racist and the row was with his Jewish manager. The musician, whose real name is Richard Cowie, was widely condemned for a series of posts on the social media platform starting on Friday, and was initially … Read more
The Facebook and Instagram accounts of grime star Wiley were finally removed today after he launched another inflammatory rant which appeared to contain anti-Semitic remarks. The musician – real name Richard Cowie – had previously been suspended from Facebook and Instagram for seven days over the posts, which were made over the past 48 hours. He had … Read more
Lily Allen admits she’s ‘really worried’ after reading Grime artist Wiley’s anti-Semitic tweets that compared Jewish people to the Ku Klux Klan By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 17:15 BST, 25 July 2020 | Updated: 17:36 BST, 25 July 2020 Lily Allen has said she was ‘really worried’ after reading Wiley’s anti Semitic tweets on … Read more