Wiley (also known as Wiley Kat), real name Richard Kylea-Cowie is a British born rapper from Bow, London. He is a founding member of the Roll Deep crew who have had hit songs such as "The Avenue&
Wiley (also known as Wiley Kat), real name Richard Kylea-Cowie is a British born rapper from Bow, London. He is a founding member of the Roll Deep crew who have had hit songs such as "The Avenue" and "When I'm 'Ere" from their debut album "In at the Deep End," released in 2005. Wiley produced the Grime sound ( a mix of garage, hip hop and other sounds) which has now proven quite popular as an off-shoot scene to the UK Garage genre. Wiley was considered to be at ends with many members of the Garage scene prior to the emergence of Grime as an individual style of music. He is considered to be one of the most skilled mc's within the Grime scene, and is respected by the vast majority of its fans and artists.