I would love to know his feelings now on where he grew up and if he holds any resentments to the area or people. He sounds so balanced for someone with such a heavy amount of life experience.
As much as I like and admire him as an actor, let's be honest here, he completely was, the star of Oz, I've never heard someone talking so much bullshit in my life and I am in my 60s now. He was NEVER A TILBURY SKINHEAD. I should know because I actually was one. I still am. The Tilbury Skins were not a racist gang. The Tilbury Skins were original [19]69 Skins. The music we listened to was black, Trojan label, Blue beat and the clothes were a two fingers up to the posh hippies. Do some fucking research. Watch the Don Letts documentary. Educate yourselves about what a real skinhead is. Don't believe the bullshit just to sell his fucking movie.
Speaking of that movie I watched it again after watching The Mummy about 3 days ago. Those are the only movies I can sit through and watch time and time again besides the Lord of the Rings. Forget the Dragon Emperor Evy wasnt in it 😑😔🤦♀️
The bizarre part that would shock you was soon after the WW2,which British Jews upon returning from the war were attacked,destroyed their place businesses and homes.
Skinheads were actually a diverse, multicultural group to begin with. Working class people of all races that loved Jamaican ska and reggae music. The neo-Nazi 'boneheads' were and are impersonators, and not real skinheads.
He is a liar. He was not a Tilbury skin and to call them Trojan skins is a massive insult to real Trojan skins, of which I am proud to say I am one. Trojan skins were the opposite of racist, encompassed all parts of my Cityand certainly not into any type of Nazism whatsoever. We were English yes. Not British. In fact we identified as being Londoners and South West Londoners at that. Read a great book by David Marshall for the truth.
April 1970, two 18 year old skinheads, the original first wave skinheads known as “Trojan skinheads” stabbed 50 year Bangladeshi migrant Tosir Ali to death in Bromley By Bow in East London. Those early skinheads were so “nice” and “peaceful” towards my people weren’t they? Those morons in 1970 weren’t even National Front or Neo Nazi which makes it worse, they just hated brown people.
Annnd this is why yt foster parents need to go through psychological evaluations and serious questionnaires of scenarios regarding racism before they’re allowed to adopt Black and or brown kids. What a “great” foster father. I’m all for teaching kids how to defend themselves but that could’ve ended extremely badly for this 9 year old Black child being attacked by racists. Trauma.
@@18MelCR referencing the 50 Cents get rich or die tryin movie when he first came out. This guy starred as the main cast member. He was like a "father" to him in the movie
Annnnd that’s not who he was talking about. The woman who said they were traditionally racist was an American speaking from her own American perspective of who they are in the US so
🤔 hmm I was a Skinhead during the 80's joined a statewide multi racial crew of anti racist Skinheads called S.H.A.R.P there were other groups such as the A.RA and the Baldies we fought the whitepower element that attached itself to the style well into the mid 90's.
kinda just sounds like hes taking stuff from the movie and saying it out loud, I mean I know the movie is based on real events but that could be said for just about anything. 2nd. Skinheads are not traditionally racist, the original skinheads were black and anti-racist, even I as a Racist Skinhead hate when people call skinheads racist without even knowing the history and context behind it.
He failed to mention the birth of skinheads in England did not stem from racism. And the lady who said it was based in neo Nazism and racism is factually incorrect. In fact it was quite the opposite. I won’t go into the full history of skinheads because it’s an easy google search.
Omg just found all this and it all makes sence now 😂 i was raised in tilbury in the 70s 80s 90s and iv always been very confused about the skinheads being rasist thing because the skinheads in tilbury had black members too, to be honest i dont think it was a rasist thing they hated any and all new comers to tilbury back then even whites, they were probably on edge about foreigners because of the docks, a lot of them guys off the ships pushed their luck with us tilb girls but the boys would always send them back with a bruise or two as a consequence us tilb girls felt very safe to walk around day or night
He is definitely a testament to not giving up! To press on and move forward. So glad he got away from that lifestyle and made a great success of himself!
Hey listen, I've got one of those 'British' accents too, which is a total bore and it makes no difference to me but those men, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Idris Elba are in no way "regular looking men"! Not here in England they're not!!! And especially not when they were younger... Simon Adebisi in Oz and Stringer Bell in The Wire... two of the best looking and sexiest men on both of those shows! Despicable characters aside lol!!! PS You ever heard a glaswegian or a swansean (I think I just made up that word!) or a scouser or a brummie or a geordie or a bristolian or an essex boy speak... all British and NONE of them are in the lease bit hot accents!!!
Annnnd that’s not who he was talking about. The woman who said they were traditionally racist was an American speaking from her own American perspective of who they are in the US so
It was the whole them stealing their Jobs and getting better benefits and such back then in the UK. A lot of the hatred were from working class white people or poorer who felt unheard by the British government
Christabell O There's alot of factions of skinheads . Skinheads that are against racism (the majority.) then there's skinheads that are for racism. Skinheads that involve themselves in politics, then you have the Aryan Brotherhood/Nazi Low Riders. The majority of skinheads are not racist, they're just prideful which nothing is wrong with that because everyone should be prideful of who they are, I guess I would be considered a skinhead because I shave my head, wear Docs, straight Levi's and wear flight bomber jacket. But my little brother is African American and I love him more than anything. I just hate when people call me a skinhead because they're ignorant and think that skinhead = racism .
When I was 9 years old I used to play cowboys and indians. Can you imagine what a gang of 9 year old skinheads looked like because I'm sure they never made the clothes in their sizes.
@@ThePoliticsofMusic The funny thing is Americans don't understand that the skinhead culture was started by young teenage kids in England in the late 1960's. A 21 year old skinhead would be seen as being over the hill back then. Also yes, as long as you had a pair Levi jeans, a pair of big army style boots, a set of braces (know as suspenders in the US) and your hair was shaved off you were in the club. Black kids had it easy compared to any long hair hippy that happened to wonder into the wrong part of town.
@@monkeyspanner8172 Most of the comments on here are paid for by the film company. This film because it's so ridiculously innacurate has only recouped about £50k from a 3 million budget. Money talks and bullshit walks.
Skinheads are NOT traditionally racist. Please do some research. These people made a movie loosely based on ONE man's life. Bob Marley, Desmond Dekkar, Toots and the Maytals.. All skinhead music which came WAY before any anti black nonsense. Original skinheads were and still are black and white. Unfortunately, the only ones who get the press and media coverage are a bigoted minority. Why? Because it SELLS. There are so many different types of skinheads.. Very few of whom are actually racist. It's a pity so few actually think for themselves; they must be told by the media and Hollywood.
I watched this movie and from the start I felt sad how the mother treated him differently then the others. But as the movie progressed it felt so over the top and unbelievabl e that I did some research about it. It seemed a lot of nonsense indeed. Every critic that was asking questions or that was involved in the skinhead scene back then got blocked. It's the dumbest skinhead movie I watched. And where is the scars on his fingers? And al of the scars of the beating that he ever got.
His story is said to have been embellished. Also I feel that personally if I and others were being targeted I would just make my own group to fight back and go harder x10. As someone who was in the Punk scene I am surprised there was not one Punk kid in the film to fight them. Especially in England of all places. Men all bleed so noone is invincible. As a black guy from America who is also of Nigerian ancestry...I was really shocked regarding the private fostering. I feel that really traumatized the author of the film and so this story is him lashing out at his parents.
Hmm, no I disagree you needed to have lived in East London in the 70's or areas like SE London Bellingham, Downham, Woolwich. Yes not all skinheads were racists and hated minorities but a lot were. You need to remember how it was at football matches in the 70's/80's, if you were non white and went to watch a game.
He had such a sad past its amazing how far he has come. Bless his heart🙏
Respect to him for being so open about this
Right!
I would love to know his feelings now on where he grew up and if he holds any resentments to the area or people. He sounds so balanced for someone with such a heavy amount of life experience.
For bullshitting more like. Playing to the gallery yet again. For shame.
As much as I like and admire him as an actor, let's be honest here, he completely was, the star of Oz, I've never heard someone talking so much bullshit in my life and I am in my 60s now. He was NEVER A TILBURY SKINHEAD. I should know because I actually was one. I still am. The Tilbury Skins were not a racist gang. The Tilbury Skins were original [19]69 Skins. The music we listened to was black, Trojan label, Blue beat and the clothes were a two fingers up to the posh hippies. Do some fucking research. Watch the
Don Letts documentary. Educate yourselves about what a real skinhead is.
Don't believe the bullshit just to sell his fucking movie.
Here after watching the movie it made me cry I’m glad he overcame all his struggles
Wait was this the guy from the Mummy Returns? I wanted to be him so bad as a Kid. Love that movie
Yep. Me too and I'm a woman
Yes! The mummy is one of my favorite movie! I was so on love with Brendan Fraser!
Speaking of that movie I watched it again after watching The Mummy about 3 days ago. Those are the only movies I can sit through and watch time and time again besides the Lord of the Rings. Forget the Dragon Emperor Evy wasnt in it 😑😔🤦♀️
Yep. Lol That’s him
No, its Adebisi from OZ
I'm loving the contrast of colour between the ladies
This man is finnnnnnnne!!!!!! But feel him
He’s so handsome and brave !! Love him on the fix ! I hope SEBI is innocent !!
his accent got more and more american ahahah
My Nigerian Brother. He had a Cameo in Game of Thrones too.
I didn’t even know that their were skinheads in the UK...
The bizarre part that would shock you was soon after the WW2,which British Jews upon returning from the war were attacked,destroyed their place businesses and homes.
Thats where they started
@@sassyasme1236 Whaaat?
Are you serious?
@@shirleyshine1285 yes. Skin heads started in the UK.
@@sassyasme1236 I'm literally shaking all over
how many people here after seeing his movie FARMING
I am
Skinheads were actually a diverse, multicultural group to begin with. Working class people of all races that loved Jamaican ska and reggae music. The neo-Nazi 'boneheads' were and are impersonators, and not real skinheads.
Not a white person on this earth likes reggae
Later on sure, up till the 90s anti black racism was present but after that it was only directed to Asians
This man is acting gold from Oz to Lost to the Mummy, he always gives us 100% I'm British born but never knew he was British
Simon Adebisi definitely wasn't a joke.
This man is a GREAT storyteller. Best 2 minutes on the internet
Yooo! This is wild, my boyfriend and I are watching Oz and I knew IMMEDIATELY who Adwele was! So happy to see him again, he’s one hell of an actor
Great show! His charcter was so memerable/vital to the story
He is a liar. He was not a Tilbury skin and to call them Trojan skins is a massive insult to real Trojan skins, of which I am proud to say I am one. Trojan skins were the opposite of racist, encompassed all parts of my Cityand certainly not into any type of Nazism whatsoever. We were English yes. Not British. In fact we identified as being Londoners and South West Londoners at that. Read a great book by David Marshall for the truth.
You know more abt his story than him. Just like someone like you to respond this way 🤡
April 1970, two 18 year old skinheads, the original first wave skinheads known as “Trojan skinheads” stabbed 50 year Bangladeshi migrant Tosir Ali to death in Bromley By Bow in East London. Those early skinheads were so “nice” and “peaceful” towards my people weren’t they? Those morons in 1970 weren’t even National Front or Neo Nazi which makes it worse, they just hated brown people.
Annnd this is why yt foster parents need to go through psychological evaluations and serious questionnaires of scenarios regarding racism before they’re allowed to adopt Black and or brown kids. What a “great” foster father. I’m all for teaching kids how to defend themselves but that could’ve ended extremely badly for this 9 year old Black child being attacked by racists. Trauma.
yo aint that 50 cents daddy ? he aging well, what exfoliation is he using
John Doe lmao!!! 😂😂😂 what?!
@@18MelCR referencing the 50 Cents get rich or die tryin movie when he first came out. This guy starred as the main cast member. He was like a "father" to him in the movie
London skins weren't originally racisttheylisten to reggae
And? People listen to black rappers and are still racist cunts..
Annnnd that’s not who he was talking about. The woman who said they were traditionally racist was an American speaking from her own American perspective of who they are in the US so
And where is the rest of this interview???
Okay but that man is foinnnneeee!!
I was just gonna say. Damn. Mmm.
Lol what? He look like someones uncle💀😂
@@tianamiller6820 different strokes for different folks
@@SJ-tb2wq I guess
Jeannie is ready to bag him 👀
🤔 hmm I was a Skinhead during the 80's joined a statewide multi racial crew of anti racist Skinheads called S.H.A.R.P there were other groups such as the A.RA and the Baldies we fought the whitepower element that attached itself to the style well into the mid 90's.
Wow that’s interesting 🤔 We don’t hear about those “skinhead subgroups” per say in the US
Same. I was located in AZ.
just got done watching "farming" and wow.. so glad a friend recommended his story to me
Skinheads is not traditional racist
Adisibe still looks the same.
I love him!!!! Ever since i saw him in OZ on HBO years ago. Adebesi! I still love you boo
If youre are a mummy returns and lost fan you know who he is! 😉
Great segment! I LOVE them in bold colors!!! Loni is rocking that orange!
He is so damn fine !
All this time I thought he was American. I really used to fancy him when he was on Oz
He is Nigeria. A yoruba guy for that matter
Omg I love Adebisi. 👌
Lord I always thought he was sooooo fine 💕
kinda just sounds like hes taking stuff from the movie and saying it out loud, I mean I know the movie is based on real events but that could be said for just about anything. 2nd. Skinheads are not traditionally racist, the original skinheads were black and anti-racist, even I as a Racist Skinhead hate when people call skinheads racist without even knowing the history and context behind it.
He failed to mention the birth of skinheads in England did not stem from racism. And the lady who said it was based in neo Nazism and racism is factually incorrect. In fact it was quite the opposite. I won’t go into the full history of skinheads because it’s an easy google search.
He is soooo fiiiinnnneeee
Omg just found all this and it all makes sence now 😂 i was raised in tilbury in the 70s 80s 90s and iv always been very confused about the skinheads being rasist thing because the skinheads in tilbury had black members too, to be honest i dont think it was a rasist thing they hated any and all new comers to tilbury back then even whites, they were probably on edge about foreigners because of the docks, a lot of them guys off the ships pushed their luck with us tilb girls but the boys would always send them back with a bruise or two as a consequence us tilb girls felt very safe to walk around day or night
Because a true skinhead is not racist. In fact the entire movement began in England that was completely against racism.
His accent in Bourne is kind of terrible and you can tell he didn't grow up in Africa. 😂
He is definitely a testament to not giving up! To press on and move forward. So glad he got away from that lifestyle and made a great success of himself!
He's soooooooo dang on HANDSOME!!!!!!❤❤
That British accent be confusing y’all Americans into thinking regular looking men are super attractive. Just like Idris Elba.
Miss N. I didn’t know that British accent makes people more attractive XD
Nah...Stormzy has a hot accent and so does King Krule but I look at them as “friends” not “fine”
Girl bye, don't talk about Daddy Idris like that
I thought Idris was fine when he was on The Wire didn't know he was British until after the fact.
Hey listen, I've got one of those 'British' accents too, which is a total bore and it makes no difference to me but those men, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Idris Elba are in no way "regular looking men"! Not here in England they're not!!! And especially not when they were younger... Simon Adebisi in Oz and Stringer Bell in The Wire... two of the best looking and sexiest men on both of those shows! Despicable characters aside lol!!!
PS You ever heard a glaswegian or a swansean (I think I just made up that word!) or a scouser or a brummie or a geordie or a bristolian or an essex boy speak... all British and NONE of them are in the lease bit hot accents!!!
This is real life! Thanks for sharing!
Great film....really admire him for turning life around.
Nossaaaaaaaaaa qe historia desse cara
Veja o filme filho de ninguém , seloko!!!!
Skinheads are traditionally no neo nazi's or racist....educate yourself
i’m sure you know more than the person who lived through it
@@jewelxxettAnyone can fake their backstory.
@@patrickdixon7202just like a predictable d*mented yt person to gaslight a Black persons story regarding racism lol
Annnnd that’s not who he was talking about. The woman who said they were traditionally racist was an American speaking from her own American perspective of who they are in the US so
He was terrified by skinheads so he became one 😂😂😂😂
Did he ever explain how he kept that hat on his head on Oz?
Simon adebisiiii 😍😍😍
Aw man I tried not to cry. Wow😩
He looks like Akon. I love them both.
Gernita Brutus
No he doesn’t
Kayla O. To me he does so
Because they're both dark skinned? Like...?
J Woods that’s ignorant. No because I am big fan of both and It’s my opinion that they look alike.
J Woods Many dark skinned men dont look like Akon but this guy does
He can whoop my ass if he wants.
Why is he talking like that
Hes telling porkys
This was a great interview!!
0:43 LOOOOOL
Caucasians 🍵
He's doing a really good job in exposing how uneducated black America really is.
Wow! Didn't know he had a British accent. He sounds like Idris Elba! 😁
Tamera shoes 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Lock-Nah
How can they hate someone or something they don’t know
active life Blog Right
It was the whole them stealing their Jobs and getting better benefits and such back then in the UK. A lot of the hatred were from working class white people or poorer who felt unheard by the British government
Most skinheads are actually against racism. Fun fact .
@@RowneyPowers Now they are which is very true because they grew up and realized what they did back then was wrong.
Christabell O There's alot of factions of skinheads . Skinheads that are against racism (the majority.) then there's skinheads that are for racism. Skinheads that involve themselves in politics, then you have the Aryan Brotherhood/Nazi Low Riders. The majority of skinheads are not racist, they're just prideful which nothing is wrong with that because everyone should be prideful of who they are, I guess I would be considered a skinhead because I shave my head, wear Docs, straight Levi's and wear flight bomber jacket. But my little brother is African American and I love him more than anything. I just hate when people call me a skinhead because they're ignorant and think that skinhead = racism .
Wowww
He is such a great actor, I will always love him as adebisi & he looks so good!
I appreciate the honesty!!
gave the young woke audience a culture shock, didnt it.
meanwhile people crying now cos there pronouns aren’t used properly
How tf did he join a skinhead gang?? That’s just crazy
When I was 9 years old I used to play cowboys and indians. Can you imagine what a gang of 9 year old skinheads looked like because I'm sure they never made the clothes in their sizes.
@@ThePoliticsofMusic The funny thing is Americans don't understand that the skinhead culture was started by young teenage kids in England in the late 1960's. A 21 year old skinhead would be seen as being over the hill back then. Also yes, as long as you had a pair Levi jeans, a pair of big army style boots, a set of braces (know as suspenders in the US) and your hair was shaved off you were in the club. Black kids had it easy compared to any long hair hippy that happened to wonder into the wrong part of town.
@@monkeyspanner8172 Most of the comments on here are paid for by the film company. This film because it's so ridiculously innacurate has only recouped about £50k from a 3 million budget. Money talks and bullshit walks.
I remember him from the mummy returns 😊😊😊 man he got so buff and looks great too
Had no idea he was British. Shame on me. 🇬🇧
I hate Sevi Johnson 😭😭😭 he’s a murderer in my tv show I can’t see him as anything as a killer
Is that the same man that play on the show the FIX?!?! If not they look alike!!
I said his name in my head 10x before I clicked the video
I’m here because his movie farming
Yes, pretty eyes
My town Tilbury
No one like Mr. Eko!
Mmmmmmmmm!!! He um..... is fine.
Farming movie
Cool story
he shut loni down quick
Love that story! And I love him on The Fix!
wtf?
Adebise always been kickin' ass since day 1
He is beautiful.
The Fix is SO good!
Damn 😱
🤗😎👋👋
My Nigerian brother
Odebesi❤❤❤❤❤❤👀
Simon Adebisi
He's GOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGEOUS!
Skinheads are NOT traditionally racist. Please do some research. These people made a movie loosely based on ONE man's life.
Bob Marley, Desmond Dekkar, Toots and the Maytals.. All skinhead music which came WAY before any anti black nonsense. Original skinheads were and still are black and white. Unfortunately, the only ones who get the press and media coverage are a bigoted minority. Why? Because it SELLS.
There are so many different types of skinheads.. Very few of whom are actually racist. It's a pity so few actually think for themselves; they must be told by the media and Hollywood.
Truth... And there were and are many black skinheads.. traditional skinheads are not based in racism.
I watched this movie and from the start I felt sad how the mother treated him differently then the others. But as the movie progressed it felt so over the top and unbelievabl e that I did some research about it.
It seemed a lot of nonsense indeed. Every critic that was asking questions or that was involved in the skinhead scene back then got blocked. It's the dumbest skinhead movie I watched.
And where is the scars on his fingers? And al of the scars of the beating that he ever got.
His story is said to have been embellished. Also I feel that personally if I and others were being targeted I would just make my own group to fight back and go harder x10. As someone who was in the Punk scene I am surprised there was not one Punk kid in the film to fight them.
Especially in England of all places. Men all bleed so noone is invincible. As a black guy from America who is also of Nigerian ancestry...I was really shocked regarding the private fostering. I feel that really traumatized the author of the film and so this story is him lashing out at his parents.
Hmm, no I disagree you needed to have lived in East London in the 70's or areas like SE London Bellingham, Downham, Woolwich. Yes not all skinheads were racists and hated minorities but a lot were. You need to remember how it was at football matches in the 70's/80's, if you were non white and went to watch a game.