Born on July 1, 1966, in West Bengal, India, he belonged to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana, a school of Hindustani classical music.
Over the years Khan has been a recipient of the Banga Bhushan, Banga Bibhushan and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
Ustad Rashid Khan received the Padma Shri in the year 2006
He received the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
Rashid Khan also experimented with fusions of pure Hindustani classical with lighter musical genres, like Sufi
His first ever concert was at the young age of eleven followed by his performance at an ITC concert in Delhi in 1978.
His many popular songs in Hindi films have won hearts. Some of them are 'Aaoge jab tum' from Jab we met and 'Allah hi Reham' from My name is Khan