Grime artist Wiley surrendered his MBE after posting antisemitic tweets in 2020.

Grime artist Wiley has surrendered his MBE following antisemitic tweets posted in 2020. Wiley, whose real name is Richard Cowie, received the MBE for his services to music in 2017. The artist faced widespread condemnation and was permanently suspended from Twitter for his posts, which included antisemitic tweets and posts. Wiley has since apologized for "generalizing" but denied being racist. He has since handed back his MBE.