[1] Hemanth practised Carnatic classical music under R. K. Srikantan and his son R. S. Ramakanth, Nagavalli Nagaraj and H. K. Narayana for about a decade.
He has sung songs in composition of Hamsalekha,[10] V. Manohar, Gurukiran,[8] Mano Murthy, Arjun Janya, V. Sridhar,[11] V. Harikrishna, Sadhu Kokila, Ricky Kej to name a few.
He has hosted and performed for TV musical shows in leading Kannada channels.
[1][12][13] He has performed live worldwide, including at Muskat for the show "Gana Lahiri" organized by Kannada Sangha in 2008, at Dubai in 2012.
[11][14][15][16] He is also featured in "Nee Badalaadare" music album composed by Ricky Kej which has patriotic songs in Kannada.