Lebo M

Lebo M is the stage name of Lebohang Morake, a South African composer and producer.

Born Lebohang Morake on 11 July 1964 in Soweto, Johannesburg, he had no formal training in music. When he left school at the age of nine, he began to perform music in night clubs.

He is most famous for arranging and performing music for The Lion King movies and stage productions. He was recommended to Disney by Hans Zimmer, the score composer of The Lion King, and was later hired to form and conduct the African choir that sang for the movies.

He and Pieter Toerien presented the show in South Africa in 2007.

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