Richard Kylea Cowie Jr. (born 19 January 1979), better known by his stage name Wiley (formerly Wiley Kat), is a British grime MC and producer from Bow, London. Wiley is often labelled the "Godfather of Grime". In the early 2000s, he independently released a series of highly influential eskibeat instrumentals on white label vinyl, such as the first in the series "Eskimo" and is known as a grime MC both for his solo work and for material released with his crew Roll Deep.
Wiley first tasted success as a member of the UK garage crew Pay As U Go, with whom he had a Top 40 hit, "Champagne Dance" in 2001. Wiley has continued to make grime music while also releasing mainstream singles, such as the UK Singles Chart Top 10 hits "Wearing My Rolex", "Never Be Your Woman", and his UK number-one "Heatwave". Wiley's eleventh album, Godfather (2017), peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart, becoming his highest-charting album of his career, and also won an "Outstanding Contribution to Music" award by NME.
Wiley has been stabbed on several occasions. In 2008, a stabbing left him with a visible scar on the left side of his face. On 24 July 2020, Wiley made a series of posts and videos on social media, widely condemned as anti-semitic. Having been appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to music, in February 2024 the Honours Forfeiture Committee formally stripped Wiley of his honour for "bringing the honours system into disrepute".
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Date: 19 January 1979
By WALLACE TURNER Special to The New York Times
Wallace Special
McClatchy Newspapers chain has purchased 80% controlling interest in Anchorage Daily News; News had survived under leadership of Katherine Fanning, while being involved in antitrust suit with Anchorage Times, owned by Robert B Atwood (S)
Date: 19 January 1979
Special to The New York Times
Members of Cleveland Newspaper Guild have voted to end byline moratorium at Plain Dealer, protesting transfer of reporter Robert H Holden covering utilities news; Holden will be reassigned to gen reptg duties on Mar 1 (S)
Date: 19 January 1979
Distillers Co will raise export prices on whiskies; increase for Amers will be about 20c a bottle for standard brands and 50c for deluxe brands; illus (S)
Date: 19 January 1979
Pres Somoza rejects latest proposal by US, Dominican Repub and Guatemala for internationally supervised plebiscite to determine whether he will stay in office (S)
Date: 20 January 1979
Date: 20 January 1979
By ALAN RIDING Special to The New York Times
Alan Special
Analysis of Pope's upcoming visit to Mexico holds visit is awakening long-dormant religious passions that could disturb delicate balance between ch and state for 40 yrs; Pope illus
Date: 19 January 1979
Harry C Melges named yachtsman of yr; Bonnie Shore named yachtswoman of yr (S)