After moving to
Mumbai in 1996, he became a student of
Suresh Wadkar. Prakash was a participant in the program
Sa Re Ga Ma on
Zee TV, hosted by
Sonu Nigam. He made it to the mega-finals in 1999. Later he
compered Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on
Zee Kannada. He got his first break in
Hindi cinema with the film
Baaz in 2002, and his first song for
A. R. Rahman was in Ashutosh Gowariker's
Swades, followed by the same composer's Tamil title track for the movie
New. His song "Kavite" in
Kannada movie
Gaalipata too became famous. He has done backing vocals for about 25 foreign films, including the film
Couples Retreat, with music by A. R. Rahmaan. He has recorded for ads like "Kabhi chatpataa" for Knorr Soups and "Na sar jhuka hain kabhi" for
HDFC Life Insurance. In 2008 he sang the "Condom a capella"
ringtone composed by Rupert Fernandes and produced by the
BBC World Service Trust for an Indian safe sex campaign. In 2009, his song, "Jai Ho"(Only chorus, original song sung by
Sukhwinder Singh), won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Song. He also won the
Vijay Music Awards for the Best Male Playback for the song "Hosanna" from
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. In 2013, he appeared as one of the artists in
Coke Studio @ MTV. In 2013, his song 'Khaali , written by lyricist
Yograj Bhat, went viral on social media. The song 'Hoge' that he has sung for the film 'Nam Life Story' in Kannada is also going viral. In 2018, the song 'Bombe Helutaite' from the film
Raajakumara inspired by the song 'Aadisi nodu bilisi nodu' from the film
Kasturi Nivasa became one of the industry evergreen songs. It was written by
Santhosh Ananddram . In 2021, the duo created another magical song dedicated to the student-teacher relationship named 'Paatashala' in the film
Yuvarathnaa . Prakash was also the brand ambassador of Nissan Evalia 'moves like music' campaign, which featured six young prominent artists of India. He is one of the very few Indian musicians who have had the honour of performing at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA. == Television ==