Tippu was born as Ekambaresh in Ponmalai, Trichy to Tamil people S. Lakshmi Narayanan and M. K. Meenakshi.[5] He has two siblings, an elder sister Gayathri and a younger brother Shamkumar.[6] Tippu did his schooling at the Kamaraj Matric School, Old Washermenpet and the St. John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Alwarthirunagar, Tamilnadu.
Tippu is married to playback singer Harini. He has two children, a girl named Sai Smruti and a boy, Sai Prathyankar. He has sung 150 songs for Illayaraja and many songs for DSP and Harris Jayaraj. He is very famous for Voice modulation and Articulated rendition in all languages.His Some of famous numbers are:
1. Venmathi / Oh Mama (Minale)
2. Enai Konja (Kakha kakha)
3. Mudhal Mudhalai (Lesa Lesa)
4. Moongil Kadugale (Samurai)
5. Silu Silu (Kovil)
6. Kadhal Vandhal (Iyarkai)
7. Palli Thozhiye (Thithikudhe)
8. Raa Raa (Chandramukhi)
9. Ella Machi Machi (Anbe Sivam)
10. Karka Karka (VV)
11. Jalsa (Chennai 28)
12. Something Something
13. Pakadhe (Aaru)
14. Solladi (Kadhalil vilundhen)
15. Girl Friend (Boyz)
16. Gala Gala / Aga Naga (KO)
17. Yaro (Vengai)
18. Veyilodu vilayadi (Veyil)
19. Poovin Manam (Narthagi)
20. Vada Mappiley (Villu)
21. Merkey (Citizen)
22. Oh Nanbaney (Dhill)
23. Kapakelange (Dhool)
24. Ghilli Ghilli (Ghilli)
25. Hot Party (Tamilan)
He is often the first choice to sing dance or jazzy songs to be picturised on popular Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar. His song Yavanig gottu from the movie Paramathma has become an instant hit. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.