Wiesenthal Centre Slams UK Rapper for Antisemitic Conspiracy Hatemongering

"Wiley Kat's MBE Honour must be stripped"

PARIS - This month, Richard Kylea Cowie Jr. known as Wiley Kat, called "British Godfather of Grime music", postedmessages describing Jews as "cowards and snakes", comparing them with the Ku Klux Klan.

After a police investigation, he was booted from his management company... Wiley responded: “If you work for a company owned by2 Jewish men and you challenge the Jewish community in anyway of course you will get fired.”

He also wrote that Jews should “hold some corn” – a slang expression meaning to be shot. He added: “Jewish community you deserveit”.

"The Centre has joined the 'Campaign Against Antisemitism', and a petition demanding that his prestigious Order of the BritishEmpire (MBE) be withdrawn," stated the Centre's Director for International Relations, Dr. Shimon Samuels.

"In November 2019, former Labour Chief, Jeremy Corbyn thanked Wiley on Twitter for his electoral support..."

Today, through Wednesday (27-29 July) an online walkout, #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate, will name media sites failing to take measuresagainst Wiley," concluded Samuels.

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center is one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations with over 400,000 member families in the United States. It is anNGO at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OSCE, the OAS, the Council of Europe and the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino).