Sello Lawrence Sihlabeni was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He started playing in the eighties in the ghettos of South Africa, a keyboard player of the band Spears (Of The Nation). Played with the Regulars as well as the Sons of Selassie from Cape Town. "Do you remember Wednesdays at the Base, Shortmarket Street." Well...

During school days at St Mary´s Primary School in Nyanga, he would lock himself up in the chapell after every church service, because there was the PIANO, and there, he taught himself to play. It is at St Mary´s where he started to discover some of his talents, a MUSIC, an ACTING and a PAINTING. He would play the main role as Noah on the play titled "Noah and the Ark",which helped to raise funds for their school.

He came to Europe with the band Makwerhu from South Africa. They played a mixture of Afro Beats and Reggae, with influences of High Life and Rumba. Makwerhu travelled extensively throughout Europe and neighbouring countries, playing a lot of Festivals. Among others, the famous Africa Festival in Würzburg, Germany. On their last appearence, Papa Manu Dibango came up on stage and started jamming with the band.

In 1998 Makwerhu took a pause from the big stage, some went back to Africa. Sello stayed in Europe. Between 2000 - 2001 Sello recorded with LESIEM at the famous HANSA STUDIO (David Bowie) in Berlin. From there on he went on tour with Vitamin X, a Ghanese Reggae/Afro Band, with which he appeared on a number of festivals, including the Chiemsee Reggae Festival in Germany, sharing the stage with artists like Bunny Wailer, Third World, Misty in Roots, Ziggy Marley, Gentleman, Seeed and many more.

Sello Lawrence invested all his assets in studio equipment, teaching himself how to do RECORDINGS and MASTERING and general studio work. The first solo album " NEW NATION " was released in 2006, available physically and digitally on his label BERLIN CAPE TOWN RECORDS.

His latest album titled "Salute The Leaders" has been released in 2023.