 [IsraelTimes] Music star posts canards about Jews, money and the Ku Klux Klan; watchdogs call for Twitter to take action; musician dropped by management team.
British rapper Wiley came under fire Friday after he posted a stream of anti-Semitic tweets which included claims of connections between the Jewish community and the Ku Klux Klan, as well as repeated tropes about Jews and money.
"There are 2 sets of people who nobody has really wanted to challenge #Jewish & #KKK but being in business for 20 years you start to undestand [sic] why ... Red Necks Are the KKK and Jewish people are the Law...Work that out," the grime artist tweeted to his nearly half a million followers.
Why on earth would a Brit get indignant about American groups to a British audience? It would‘ve made more sense if he went on about yobs and Brexiteers or something. But really, they’re exploding on Twitter as if it were gun s3x, unable to stop themselves anymore. On Saturday morning, Wiley’s management team announced they were dropping him, the Guardian reported. The musician’s manager, John Woolf, said A-List Management had "cut all ties" with the artist.
Despite Twitter’s policies on hate speech, the tweets were still up on Saturday morning and Wiley’s account appeared to still be active, although he later posted a message on Instagram saying that he had been suspended from Twitter. His tweets remained up on the site and were still able to be seen.
 He also posted anti-Semitic content on Instagram, which also appeared not to have been deleted.
The Hope not Hate watchdog said in a statement that Twitter needed to take responsibility.
Several American celebrities have defended, promoted or praised Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan or echoed his anti-Semitic rhetoric over the past several weeks, including Madonna, former NBA player Stephen Jackson, NFL player DeSean Jackson, TV star Nick Cannon and rapper Ice Cube.
All but Ice Cube apologized. 
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