Mercedes legend Lewis Hamilton is a proud Englishman and a member of his community. The seven-time champion is an open advocate of his culture in all aspects of life, especially in motorsport. The Brit’s charity work in terms of increasing diversity in motorsport speaks for itself. Black History Month is celebrated in February in the United States. However, people of the United Kingdom celebrate Black History Month in October.

Unsurprisingly, this October is a month of celebration for Hamilton.

To celebrate his heritage, Hamilton made an exclusive playlist as well which he on his Instagram story. The story captioned, “Happy Black History Month to everyone in the UK and the whole world! Kicking it all off with this playlist I made celebrating some of my favorite artists from the Caribbean,” was accompanied by a link to the playlist.

Not just a playlist, the Mercedes man also shared how proud he is of his heritage in his Instagram story. The story said, “So proud to be Grenadian. From day one, my Dad instilled in us a sense of pride in our Caribbean heritage. It’s had an influence on the man that am today, from the food I like to the music listen to. Everything.”

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If you’ve been keeping tabs on Hamilton, the Brit took a trip down to Africa during the F1 summer break. Hamilton made the trip for one simple reason: to track his roots. Hamilton made some discoveries as well, one of which was the root of his family name, Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton reveals the unfortunate history behind his family name

Hamilton revealed in an interview where his family name stems from. Fascinatingly, the name that is unanimous in the F1 world with ultimate success stems from an unfortunate piece of history.

“There was a slave owner from Scotland – Robert Hamilton – who had a plantation and around 150 slaves. At some stage, these slaves then took on the name of the slave owner and there was another slave owner whose second name was Davidson. My grandad ended up being called Davidson Hamilton, which I have in my name,” revealed the man of Caribbean descent.

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The history attached to his name is unfortunate. However, Hamilton has done enough to bring pride to the family name for ages to come.