Triple J Hottest 100 Hottest 100: Californian rapper Kendrick Lamar wins Triple J poll With his track Humble, Lamar becomes the first person of colour to win the countdown, in a landmark year for the station Kendrick Lamar is the first artist to make the jump from No 2 to No 1 in the Triple J countdown. Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/ReutersKendrick Lamar has become the first person of colour to win the Triple J Hottest 100, a milestone for the annual countdown after it was moved from its broadcast on Australia Day for the first time since 2004. Lamar’s incendiary hit Humble was widely tipped to come in at No 1 on the list of Triple J listeners’ favourite songs of the year. With band members of Samoan, Fijian and Korean backgrounds, there are more Australian people of colour in the now London-based band than there have been in all previous Hottest 100 top tens put together. AB Original’s #ChangeTheDate anthem January 26 hit No 19 on last year’s Hottest 100 after a pointed campaign, underlining the shift in the voters’ mood.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2018 21:30 UTC