Rahat Fateh Ali Khan will be awarded an honorary degree in music by the Oxford University in recognition for his services as a musician, especially in the sufi and qawaali genre. The honour will be awarded to him on June 26. In 2017, a rehearsal hall of the university was named after him.

A renowned Sufi singer and nephew of Pakistani singing legend Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan debuted as a playback singer in Bollywood with the movie Paap in 2003. He has also served as a judge on singing reality shows in India. Other popular Hindi films that Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has sung for are My Name Is Khan, Love Aaj Kal, Ishqiya, and more recently, Simmba.