this weekend marked one year since a young man died afterjumping into the river thames to rescue a woman. folajimi olubunmi adewole, known asjimi to friends, was just 20. jimi s big passion was his music, and this morning in his memory one of his songs will be played on bbc radio for the first time. graham satchell reports. jimi adewole. he lost his life a year ago trying to rescue someone who had jumped into the river thames. music was always jimi s first love. in a studio in south london, a group ofjimi s friends have been working on a series of tracksjimi had started recording. # only go through if i ve got brothers with me i can trust.
the woman was eventually rescued, butjimi didn t make it. he was like my little brother. my big little brother. because he was much taller than me! but itjust shows that not everyone who you see is bad. not everyone you look at has ill intentions. jimi just had a pure intention, pure mind, pure heart. it s hard. i shared good moments with him. memories that i have to cherish for the rest of my life. just. he s an amazing person. you miss him? yeah, a lot, a lot, a lot. bernard and music producer a0 on radio 1 xtra. this is to commemorate his one yearanniversary, right? jimi s track is being played on national radio for the first time this morning. right, boys, you can be radio hosts now. you can introduce the song. this isttizzig7,
when i heard his music, i was like, wow, like, you know? he could have actually done something. # i m still the same guy i was. # no amount of money is changing me, blatantly. i feel like music, it hits harder when the person is not here any more but the lyrics are so deep. he is a hero, so, yeah, man, it is only right that we do right by him. london bridge. jimi had just left work with his best friend bernard when they heard shouting from the river thames. it was pitch black. it was one in the morning. couldn t see anything. i remembered me andjimi looking around on both sides of the river, just trying to understand, where is she at. we could hear the noise of someone shouting. i rememberjimi going straight at it. he was like, bro, we have to find her. he was determined to save her, that woman, that night. jimi and another manjumped in.
a group ofjimi s friends have been working on a series of tracksjimi had started recording. # only go through if i ve got brothers with me i can trust #. my bro had talent kind of thing, you know what i mean? when i heard his music was like, wow, like, wow, you know? could have actually done something. # i m still the same guy i was. # no amount of money is changing me, blatantly #. i feel like music, it hits harder when the person is not here any more but the lyrics are so deep. he is a hero, so, yeah, man, it is only right that we do right by him. london bridge. jimi had just left work with his best friend bernard when they heard shouting from the river thames. it was pitch black. it was one in the morning. couldn t see anything. i remembered me andjimi looking
was described as a hero afterjumping into the river at london bridge. a year on, his friends and family are campaigning for a plaque to remember the aspiring musician who s music was played on bbc 1xtra this morning. graham satchell reports. jimi adewole. he lost his life a year ago trying to rescue someone who had jumped into the river thames. music was always jimi s first love. in a studio in south london, a group ofjimi s friends have been working on a series of tracksjimi had started recording. # only go through if i ve got brothers with me i can trust. my bro had talent kind of thing, you know what i mean?