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Lewis Hamilton aka XNDA’s Rap Career Gains New Fan Following in 23-Year-Old F1 Driver

Published 09/23/2022, 2:20 PM EDT

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Lewis Hamilton is one of the best drivers to have ever graced the sport. There’s hardly any doubt about that. Apart from that, we also know him as a fashion icon, vegan activist, and environmentalist. However, not everyone knows that he’s a singer/rapper too!

Yes, you read it right. Hamilton recorded a rap verse with pop star Christina Aguilera in 2018. The song got a massive thumbs up from the fans as well as Haas F1 driver, Mick Schumacher. The 23-year-old is the latest fanboy of Hamilton’s work.

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In a recently published report, the son of Michael Schumacher shared, “We all know Lewis [Hamilton] sings, and I think he sings pretty well, so it’s good to see him doing more. I think he did a song himself, right?”

Here, the Haas driver talked about the song ‘Pipe’ where Hamilton collaborated with Christina Aguilera in 2018 under the pseudonym of XNDA. Moreover, the Mercedes driver has recorded music solo as well.

Artist Lewis Hamilton aka XNDA

Even though Hamilton recorded the song Pipe, he didn’t come out with his real name on it. Using the pseudonym XNDA, the F1 driver has baffled his fans with his vioce. However, one day, Hamilton decided to reveal his identity, much to the relief of his fans.

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The Silver Arrows ace was also grateful to Aguilera for allowing him to showcase his talents. Talking about this, the seven-time world champion shared, “I had this incredibly beautiful and talented person reach out to me a while back asking for me to be on her album.”

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I was so blown away and I jumped at the opportunity. I had 2 hours to write the short verse and record. The goal was to have the music come out under a different name so that you could hear the music first and later know it was me,” further wrote the 37-year-old driver on his Instagram story.

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The Instagram story also had Hamilton reveal his identity with, “well I want to say that XNDA is me.” With that said, we now know what an incredibly talented individual Lewis Hamilton is.

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Sabyasachi Biswas

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Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 and NASCAR writer at EssentiallySports. He has completed his Master's in Mass Communication and Journalism from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Sabyasachi is an ardent Red Bull and Max Verstappen fan and has been following the sport for over a decade now.
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Ranvijay Singh