Wiley stripped of MBE for “bringing honours system into disrepute” after anti-Semitic comments

nme.com:

Wiley has been stripped of his MBE for “bringing [the] honours system into disrepute”.The British Grime artist had received the honour back in December 2017 for his services to music.

However, according to a list published on the Cabinet Office website, it appears that he has forfeited the MBE (via The Mirror).The honour being revoked comes in light of the numerous anti-Semitic statements made by the musician, which stem back nearly four years, and calls for action from the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (CAA).Back in 2020, the London MC faced backlash after making anti-Semitic comments on Twitter, going on a rant about the music industry, Israel and Jewish people. “A record deal is not to benefit you it’s to make the person who gave you the advance rich as hell while you take 17 or 18 per cent of net profit after costs,” he wrote.“If you work for a company owned by 2 Jewish men and you challenge the Jewish community in anyway of course you will get fired… In fact there are 2 sets of people who nobody has really wanted to challenge #Jewish & #KKK but being in business for 20 years you start to understand why.”The comments led to his eventual suspension from social media sites, and the rapper being dropped by his management company.At the time he also told Sky News that he was willing to have the MBE – which he described as an honour in 2017 – taken away in light of the controversial comments. “I’m not racist, you know.

I’m a businessman,” he told the outlet when asked about the remarks.“If I read what anti-Semitism is and it says the Jewish community is powerful in business, that’s racist?