[7] Devi Sri Prasad was born as Gandham Sriprasad in Vedurupaka, Andhra Pradesh in a Telugu family.

[3] In his debut music album Dance Party, he collaborated with veteran singer SP Balasubrahmanyam's son S. P. Charan.

[13] Prasad made his breakthrough with the soundtrack album of the film Anandam in the same year, marking his first collaboration with director Srinu Vaitla.

Prasad introduced his brother Gandham Sagar debut into the music industry by "Neeti Mulla" song of the album.

A critic described that he gave a perfect sound to the film and made a deep impact on the audiences with his soulful, melodious and romantic music.

The songs Nuvvante, Takadhimithom (Allu Arjun's dance add more weight age), Feel MY Love among the six numbers in the film stand out.

For the first time in his music career, Prasad remixed the song "Prema Kosamai Volalo" sung by Ghantasala for the 1951 film Pathala Bhairavi.

[31] A critic writing an article titled 'Six best compositions of the music director' to The Times of India included soundtracks of the films Anandam, Kalusukovalani, Manmadhudu, Varsham, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana and Arya.

[33] He made his second onscreen appearance alongside Chiranjeevi in the song "Good Morning Hyderabad" of the film Shankar Dada Zindabad directed by Prabhu Deva.

"Gaallo Thelinattunde" and "My Heart is Beating" were chartbusters of the year in the soundtrack and was the highest selling Telugu album at the time of release.

A critic of Rediff.com wrote: "DSP has a reputation for sticking with his regulation format of tunes and here too, you can see it pop up at certain places but there's also a departure from the usual, mostly an influence of Haasan in both lyrics and music.

"[46] Another critic praised Prasad's work and stated that "A westernized folk song, jazz, melodies, a poem and a kuthu...an album could not ask for more variety and DSP has delivered.

A critic wrote: "The duo, Sukumar – Devisri certainly knows the pulse of the urban youth and this album is yet another great attempt to grab the attention of the target audience.

[60] The soundtrack album of Prasad's usual collaborator Sukumar-directed action thriller film 1: Nenokkadine was released at a promotional event at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad.

Prasad once again re-mixed an old folk song, "Kaatama Rayudu", earlier used in the 1940 film Sumangali whose tune was re-composed by V. Nagayya and lyrics were re-written by Samudrala Raghavacharya.

A critic stated that "Attarintiki Daaredhi is that album which every Telugu film goer would expect from the hit combination of Pawan Kalyan, Devi Sri Prasad and Trivikram Srinivas.

[70] The soundtrack album had a record number of sales for which Aditya Music thanked Devi Sri Prasad and the film makers, one of the representatives from the company stated that "Devi Sri Prasad, who has given many super hit albums in his career, has provided beautiful songs for Alludu Seenu and it has been creating sensation regarding sales, from the day it was released.

[73] 123Telugu.com wrote about Nenu Sailaja album that "DSP has provided some feel good music which will gel with the flow of the love story in this family entertainer.

[90] A. Kameshwari of The Indian Express stated: "DJ-Duvvada Jaggannadham's jukebox stands up to all kinds of expectations Allu Arjun's fans must have had from the hit duo.

A critic from Firstpost wrote that "Devi Sri Prasad does a brilliant job at composing tracks for the Raavana-inspired portrayal in the movie.

A critic of Firstpost wrote: "Every song on this album is tailor-made for the movie set in a village and captures rural essence at its best.

[95] The other two releases Bharat Ane Nenu and Hello Guru Prema Kosame were also good musical hits, but received mixed reviews.

"[111] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com stated that "Devi Sri Prasad deserves a huge pat for his outstanding music for the songs in this film.

[116] Despite the success from Pushpa: The Rise, Prasad's consecutive works such as Rowdy Boys (2022), Khiladi (2022), Drishyam 2 (2022), Waltair Veerayya (2023) and Rathnam (2024) didn't perform well.

He lent his vocals for the first time in 2000 for the song "Vechavechaga" which was written by him for the film album Vamsi, composed by Mani Sharma.

The same year, Devi made his debut in Kollywood and Tamil music by lending his vocals for two songs "Angel Vandhaale" and "King of Chennai" from the film album Badri, composed by Ramana Gogula.

[126] The last one to be re-composed and re-mixed is "Seeti Maar",[127] for the 2021 Hindi film Radhe, from the 2017 soundtrack album DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham.

[130] Devi Sri Prasad made his first live performance outside India on 26 July 2008, at Chicago, U.S.[131][132] He announced his first concert tour on 14 June 2014.

[133] The next day, at a private event, he announced that the concert will be held from 4 July 2014 to 2 August 2014 across various cities of the United States and Canada.

[141][142] Devi Sri Prasad made a music tribute in 2014, to the legendary singer Michael Jackson on his birth anniversary with a special track from his album Jalsa.