The rapper's Twitter account, which has half a million followers, published a series of tweets on Friday asserting that Jews systematically exploited Black artists in the music industry, continuing a pattern of exploitation dating back to the slave trade.
Several video clips also appeared on the rapper's Instagram account on Friday and Saturday.
"Crawl out from under all your little rocks and come and defend your Jewish privilege now," he said in one video."We are aware of reports of alleged anti-Semitic comments posted on social media and will look into the matter," a spokeswoman for London's Metropolitan Police said. Twitter has deleted some anti-Semitic statements on Wiley's account, but others remain, drawing criticism from other users of the social media platform.Wiley, 41, whose real name is Richard Cowie, released a number one single in Britain in 2012 and had several other top 10 hits. He received a UK government honour for his contribution to music in 2018."Following Wiley's anti semitic tweets today we at @A_ListMGMT have cut all ties with him.
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