Rahat Fateh Ali toured the UK with his uncle in 1985, and performed solo songs in addition to singing with the Qawwali group. From age fifteen, he was made an integral part of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's famous qawwali group. At the age of seven Rahat Fateh Ali began formal training with his uncle and he performed first time in public at the age of only nine at the death anniversary of his grandfather, the famous Qawwali singer Fateh Ali Khan. He was chosen by his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for tutoring in the traditions of Qawwali music and was singing with his uncle and father by the age of three. He is also a playback singer in Bollywood and Pakistan film industry. In addition to Qawwali, he also performs ghazals and other light music. The son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat was trained by his world renowned uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in the art of classical music and Qawwali. Hailing from a family of traditional musicians, primarily of Qawwali, a devotional music of the Sufis, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was born in 1974 in Faisalabad.
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