Richard Kylea Cowie (born 19 January 1979), better known by his stage name Wiley, is perhaps the most prolific British producer, rapper and recording artist to emerge in the last 15 years. He who was one of the original founders of the Roll Deep crew, and has made pioneering music in the fields of jungle, drum & bass and UK garage music. He is credited as the originator of the grime genre, which roared out of east London in the early noughties.

Wiley's third album 'Playtime is Over' on Big Dada Records, combined artistic control for Wiley with a full scale release on a recognised label. Wiley was thrilled at the opportunity to be allowed to make a grime record as he saw it, and he formed a relationship with the label that outlasted any other he’s had in the industry. 'Playtime is Over' was released on the same day as Dizzee Rascal's third album Maths + English, and includes a track 'Letter 2 Dizzee' which attempts to reconcile the fall out between he and Dizzee.

In early 2011, Wiley finally announced his return to the Big Dada label, and the release of his ultimate album and statement, '100% Publishing'. The highly anticipated album '100% Publishing' is to be released worldwide on 4th July 2011.

Wiley remains one of the biggest characters and wildest talents in British music. Whether helping younger artists break through (Dizzee, Chipmunk, Tinchy) offloading hundreds of unreleashed tracks on Twitter, rowing with detractors or doling out private insights on the web – he is always in the studio. Ultimately a workaholic, he’s the kind of artist one can imagine making groundbreaking, avant-garde music well into his old age.

A true maverick and an artist in the truest sense of the word, we’re lucky to have Wiley, and that he’s made the best album of his career to date in '100% Publishing'.