Radio de Wiley

Richard Kylea Cowie (born 19 January 1979), better known by his stage name Wiley [1] is a British Grime producer and MC, one of if not the founding member of the Roll Deep Crew and producer of Trinidadian and Antiguan descent[2] from Bow, East London.[3] He has released several albums, both as a solo artist and as part of groups, including Roll Deep and Pay As U Go. Wiley also has two clothing ranges in addition to his music.[4] The performer announced his retirement in 2007 but quickly ended it to continue recording.[5] Wiley has pioneered the Grime subgenre of Garage, as both a record producer and a MC, though he calls his music "Eski" short for Eskimo[1]. Wiley is therefore interchangably known as Eskiboy (having released his Tunnel Vision mixtape series as Eskiboy). He explained his choice of name for his music and the continuing theme in his song and album titles such as Treddin' on Thin Ice, partly because he likes the wintertime, but mainly meaning cold in spirit.[6] Wiley was quoted in conjunction with his "cold" theme: "Sometimes I just feel cold hearted. I felt cold at that time, towards my family, towards everyone. That's why I used those names."[7]