Seth Sentry is an Australian hip hop

Australian hip hop

Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s; originally it was primarily influenced by hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States of America. However, since the 1990s, a distinctive local style has developed. Australian hip hop is an underground music...

 artist from Melbourne. He is best known for his track "The Waitress Song", which received significant national airplay on Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

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Biography

Seth Sentry first appeared on the live circuit in 2003 through performances with local hip hop/drum and bass outfit, D.S.O.L. In 2005 he reached third place in the Revolver Battles competition. He also organized and appeared in weekly hip hop night at The Old Colonial in Fitzroy

Fitzroy, Victoria

Fitzroy is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra. Its borders are Alexandra Parade , Victoria Parade , Smith Street and Nicholson Street. Fitzroy is Melbourne's...

, which lead to an appearance on the The Forthwrite Mixtape in 2007 and a guest feature on Pez

Pez (musician)

Pez is a Hip-hop MC from Melbourne, Australia. He attended Kew High School in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. His debut album, A Mind Of My Own peaked at #19 on the ARIA Urban album charts.-Biography:...

's album, A Mind of My Own, in 2008. After posting a number of songs on Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

's Unearthed website, he was selected by Home & Hosed host, Steph Hughes, to be an Unearthed Featured Artist. Sentry went on to have the most downloaded track on Triple J Unearthed which led to a 31-date national tour with Pez and a second single "Simple Game" being added to high rotation on Triple J. In 2009 Sentry was also nominated for an Unearthed J Award

J Award

The J Award is an award given by influential Australian youth radio station Triple J to Australian Album of the Year. It is judged by a panel of members of the music industry, led by Richard Kingsmill...

 and the "The Waitress Song" reached #31 in Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2009

Triple J Hottest 100, 2009

The 2009 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day 26 January 2010. It is the seventeenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J....

 In 2010 Sentry continued to tour and finalise recording of his debut album, with Melbourne producer, Matik. In August 2010 he featured on Horrorshow

Horrorshow (band)

Horrorshow are a two-piece hip-hop group from Sydney, Australia, comprising Nick Bryant-Smith as emcee and Adit Gauchan providing the beats as DJ. Both members grew up in the inner-west suburbs of Sydney, attending Fort Street High School...

's "Our Song", ahead of a national tour with them.