Rootkit is the artist name of Kashif Khan, an electronic music producer from Oslo, Norway, whose work spans drum & bass, house and other electronic styles. At 14, Khan began sharing self-produced songs online for free; they drew half a million listens in less than three months and brought early attention from Monstercat and Universal Music Norway. In 2014, he gained further recognition with the Monstercat single Do It. Khan is identified as a Norwegian artist.
His releases have appeared on Monstercat, Heldeep Records, Confession and bitbird. In 2018, bitbird released Only Knew, a collaboration with Nevve. Khan said Nevve’s vocals inspired him to make the track, and that he wanted to refresh his earlier drumstep style with something new. The following year, bitbird put out Dreaming, featuring Cammie Robinson. Rootkit also released the single Feel Your Love on Lowly in 2019.
In 2020, bitbird released Rootkit’s album Recursion, which draws on a range of electronic styles and includes Be With You, featuring Gloria Kim. That year, Rootkit co-produced Jackson Wang’s track Blue for the album Magic Man, and his track Oh You featured on the Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 5 soundtrack. In 2021, bitbird released Recursion (Remixes). Rootkit released the single When I Needed You on Rootli.io in 2025. In 2026, he released Theres No Rules and New Reality on Rootli.io.