String of hoax news articles report fatalities

• 3rd Nov 2008

Wiley has been the second target of a hoax 'BBC' news report.

The report, appearing to be a BBC news article, stated that Wiley had died from stab wounds.

The grime star changed his myspace name to 'I AM NOT DEAD' in order to reassure fans.

Speaking to BBC Radio One's Tim Westwood, Wiley's manager Suge said, “We've had people crying today about this situation and I think that that's really sad. It is upsetting but I just believe the person who's done it is obviously a sad individual to be putting such rumours like that out there.”

Others have suggested the hoax has been created in order to highlight current knife crime in the UK.

This hoax follows a report yesterday that rapper Lil' Wayne had been killed in the early hours of Saturday morning, following a despute between the Blood and Crips gangs which resulted in Wayne being shot 6 times.

The report can be seen at Kineticnorth.com.