Dinesh was born in Badulla and raised in
Modara, Sri Lanka. He studied information technology (IT) in
Trichy,
Tamil Nadu, India and started teaching IT courses in Sri Lanka. He began working with local musicians part-time to pursue his growing interest in music. In 2004, he was given a chance by
Bathiya, an artist in Sri Lanka and started recording rap songs until he was discovered by
Vijay Antony. He collaborated with him for the song "Aathichudi" for the soundtrack of the film
TN 07 AL 4777 (2008) in 2009 which is a remake of Surangani, a song from his first independent album,
Tamizha (2008). Back in Sri Lanka, he did a cross-culture album in 2005 which includes songs in Tamil, Sinhala and English. His next throughout in cinema industry was "Magudi", which was his first collaboration with
A. R. Rahman for the
Mani Ratnam-directed film
Kadal (2013). He was featured along with
Anirudh Ravichander for the song "Mun Sellada" in the film
Manithan (2016), composed by
Santhosh Narayanan. Kanagaratnam and rapper Sri Rascol formed a record label called Rap Machines and have done other rap musics. He continued to work in Tamil and Telugu cinema, writing and performing English language rap for soundtracks, including the title track "Maayon" in
Mersal (2017) composed by
A. R. Rahman, the song "Gala Gala" featured with
Megha from
Race Gurram composed by
S. Thaman and also a background score (which had been deleted later) in
Nerkonda Paarvai. He also worked in
2.0 (2018). Kanagaratnam has joined concert tours in Sri Lanka, the Middle East, India, Malaysia and Singapore. He is well known for his rap battles at every A. R. Rahman concert tours alongside
Lady Kash and
Blaaze. In January 2019, Kanagaratnam performed with
Bathiya and Santhush at
Oba Nisa in Sri Lanka. In March 2024, Kanagaratnam organized and performed at the "Rap Indie" concert held at the Indigo at The O2 in London, a major showcase for independent Tamil hip-hop artists. Around this time, he also established his own production company, Madhouse Production, and launched a merchandise line called Madhouse Drops. == Discography ==