Wiley is an English rapper, MC, songwriter, record producer and recording
artist with Caribbean roots from Trinidad and Antigua, originating from Bow, East
London. He first rose to fame as a grime MC and continiously produces grime
music while releasing eskibeat-rap singles, such as the UK Singles Chart top 10
hits "Wearing My Rolex", "Never Be Your Woman" and his UK
number-one "Heatwave". He is considered a pioneer in the UK
underground music scene, and a versatile music artist with many crossover hits.
His consistency and influence within the grime scene is why he is honoured as
the "Godfather of Grime" or "The King of Grime".In June
2012, Wiley released his summer single "Heatwave", featuring Ms D and
produced by Rymez to British radio, with the music video released at the end of
June via YouTube. The song received major radio airplay and was a
highly-anticipated release, weeks before the music video was even released. The
song quickly received over 2 million hits.On 5 August 2012,
"Heatwave" peaked at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, making this
Wiley’s first solo number 1, selling an impressive 114,000 copies. Shortly
after Wiley confirmed in an interview on the Official Chart Show that he will
be releasing a further two singles and a new album in the coming months.Cowie's
next single was announced in late August, titled "Can You Hear Me"
featuring Skepta, JME and Ms D and will be released on 28 October 2012.The song
was renamed to "Can You Hear Me (Ayayaya)" and premiered on 24 August
on DJ Target's BBC Radio 1Xtra show.Wiley then announced on Twitter that the
third single off his next album, "Hands in the Air", will feature Chip,
Ice-Kid and Tulisa on 13 September. The song originally featured Emeli Sandé.
However, Wiley has since tweeted that his next single will feature Rita Ora
instead of Tulisa.On 27 September the name of the album was confirmed to be The
Ascent.The tracklist for the album was revealed on 11 October via Instagram,
displaying 16 tracks.Also on 11 October, Wiley announced he no longer intended
to perform at universities and student unions citing professional concerns and
stating that he "had better things to do".Despite this, Wiley played
a club night at SUSU, the University of Southampton's Students' Union, on 25th
January 2013 as part of the Ministry of Sound Raveout tour.Afterwards, Wiley
took to Twitter to express his disappointment with the event, stating, 'A
proper crowd would of loved it tbh and tbf'.On 4 April 2013, Wiley revealed
that he was leaving his record label Warner following a dispute about his new
album The Ascent. Admitting he was unhappy with their choice of next single
from the record, he tweeted: "My label are doing 'Lights On' next but I do
not like that so you will not see me in the video."Listen song here:YouTube
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