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Petitioners want Wiley statue in East London

By | Published on Friday 11 October 2013

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Rinse FM DJ Julie Adenuga has set up an online petition requesting that Tower Hamlets Council recognise the many undeniable contributions of East London’s very own grime meister by erected a life-size statue of Wiley in Mile End Park.

The DJ told NME: “For me Wiley is a representation of the world I’ve grown up in. A positive, humorous and honest representation of my generation. Bearing in mind he’s nine years my senior, you can imagine the people older and younger than me who he is also relevant and significant to. A statue to celebrate his achievements and further inspire a generation just seems like the right thing to do. We shouldn’t wait for people to die before we celebrate their life”.

The online petition currently has 2133 virtual signatures, with organisers hoping to get 3000 supporters to persuade Tower Hamlets councillors to put the proposition on their agenda for consideration. Though I’m thinking of setting up a rival petition for a statue of the grime star to be erected in the Cumbrian town of Cockermouth. Because I know the people there have very special memories of the time Wiley paid them a visit.



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