When asked to comment on Wiley’s comments, the Metropolitan Police forwarded to CNN a statement saying: “We have received several reports related to alleged anti-Semitic tweets posted on social media.”
“The Met takes all reports of anti-Semitism very seriously. The relevant material is being evaluated.”
After a shorter ban was imposed on him for posting a series of comments on Friday, Twitter decided to block him from his account for a week when he resumed tweets on Saturday morning, PA Media reported.
His alleged tirade included the use of anti-Semitic tropes about Jewish power in the entertainment industry.
Nicknamed the “godfather of grime” for his influence on the genre, the artist used similar language in a set of video messages posted to his official Instagram account on Saturday.
The Campaign Against Anti-Semitism, an NGO started by members of the Anglo-Jewish community, strongly condemned the series of offensive comments.
The charity informed the musician to the Metropolitan Police on Friday of a message in which he said the Jewish community deserved “to keep some corn.”
In a statement on Twitter, the NGO said: “‘Keeping the corn’ is the jargon of ‘taking bullets’. We consider this incitement to racial hatred.
“In addition, we have asked Twitter and Facebook, which owns Instagram, to close their accounts,” the organization said in a separate statement on Friday.
According to PA Media, both Twitter and Facebook, which owns Instagram, gave statements to say that they had removed some of their posts for violating their rules.
CNN has contacted both companies for further comment.
John Woolf, who used to manage Wiley at A-List Management, tweeted earlier Saturday that the company had left the artist on charges of anti-Semitism.
CNN has contacted Wiley and Woolf but received no response from either side.
Wiley’s comments were criticized by figures such as opposition Labor politician Jess Phillips on Saturday morning.
Phillips, a Birmingham Yardley MP, urged Twitter in a message on his platform to remove posts containing “blatant anti-Semitism and hatred.”
“Hit all the dangerous rhythms, the Jews get things you don’t get, they are in control, they think their [sic] Better … This is a dangerous thing. It should surely go down, “she added.
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