Prayag Raj was a lyricist and playback singer in the Hindi film industry. A multifaceted artist he has also worked behind and in front of the camera in the industry.

As a playback singer he has sung the song “Accident Ho Gaya” for the music director duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal in the 1983 film “Coolie” along with Asha Bhosle and Shabbir Kumar.

As a lyricist, he has mostly worked along with music director Anu Malik on films like “Mard” (1985), “Allah Rakha” (1986), “Ganga Jamuna Saraswati” (1988) and “Hero Hindustani” (1998). His lines have been sung by playback singers like Anuradha Paudwal, Nitin Mukesh, S.Janaki, Mohammad Aziz, Abhijeet, Roopkumar Rathod and Hema Sardesai.