in 2026, the Student Bicentennial Ball is designed especially for Lafayette students to mingle with classmates, indulge in five-star food, and dance the night away in celebration of the College\u2019s historic milestone.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI am thrilled to welcome an artist of such extraordinary breadth and influence to our campus for what will be a truly memorable occasion,\u201d says <\/span>Nicole Hurd<\/strong>, president of Lafayette College. \u201cQuestlove\u2019s work is multidimensional and exemplifies the \u2018power of and\u2019 at Lafayette. He has inspired audiences across generations, and will create an evening where our students can joyfully commemorate 200 years of learning and community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nMore information and details regarding this free event exclusively for Lafayette students will be announced at a later date.<\/span><\/p>\n\nAbout Questlove<\/strong><\/p>\nQuestlove is the musical director for <\/span>The Tonight Show<\/span><\/i> Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/span><\/i>, where his beloved Roots crew serves as house band. The six-time Grammy Award-winning musician has held musical directing positions for various artists, from D\u2019Angelo to Jay-Z.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nQuestlove made his directorial debut with the Academy Award-winning feature documentary <\/span>Summer of Soul<\/span><\/i>. The movie broke the record for the highest-selling documentary to come out of Sundance, and it has since gone on to win \u201cBest Feature Documentary\u201d at the 2022 Academy Awards, \u201cBest Documentary\u201d at the 2022 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), and \u201cBest Music Film\u201d at the 2022 Grammy Awards, as well as a Peabody Award. In addition, <\/span>Summer of Soul<\/span><\/i> was crowned the \u201cBest Movie of 2021\u201d by <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i> and included among the \u201cbest of the year\u201d by <\/span>The Los Angeles Times<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>The Chicago Tribune<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Entertainment Weekly<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>The Washington Post<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>TIME Magazine<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>The Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Rolling Stone<\/span><\/i>, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nOutside of <\/span>Summer of Soul<\/span><\/i>, Questlove partnered with Black Thought of The Roots to launch the production company Two One Five Entertainment. Together, the pair announced a first-look deal with Universal Television to develop scripted and non-scripted programming. In 2022, the company executive-produced the acclaimed feature documentary <\/span>Descendant<\/span><\/i> about the historic discovery of the <\/span>Clotilda<\/span><\/i>\u2014the last known slave ship to arrive in America illegally transporting enslaved Africans. The documentary, which made its world premiere at Sundance in 2022, was acquired by Netflix and Higher Ground, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama\u2019s production company. The film earned an impressive three nominations for \u201cBest Documentary Feature,\u201d \u201cBest Director,\u201d and \u201cBest Historical Documentary\u201d and took home the award for \u201cBest Historical Documentary\u201d at the 2022 Critics Choice Documentary Awards. It also received a nomination for \u201cOutstanding Documentary\u201d for the 2023 NAACP Image Awards and was named one of the \u201cTop 5 Documentaries\u201d of 2022 by the National Board of Review. Questlove\u2019s web series, <\/span>Quest for Craft<\/span><\/i>, produced by Two One Five and launched in partnership with the single malt whiskey brand The Balvenie, took home a Webby Award in 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nUp next, Questlove will make his feature film directing debut with a live-action hybrid reimagining of <\/span>The Aristocats<\/span><\/i> for Walt Disney Studios. Two One Five is set to produce the film alongside Olive Bridge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nQuestlove has written multiple books, including <\/span>New York Times<\/span><\/i> bestsellers <\/span>Mo\u2019 Meta Blues<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Creative Quest<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Music Is History<\/span><\/i>, and <\/span>The Rhythm of Time<\/span><\/i>, as well as the Grammy-nominated audio books <\/span>Music Is History<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Creative Quest<\/span><\/i>. Expanding his literary endeavors, in 2023 he launched his own book imprint, AUWA Books, within MCD Books, a publishing division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The imprint will publish both nonfiction and fiction on a wide range of topics.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source news.lafayette.edu \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Questlove will headline the Oct. 16 celebration on the Quad Questlove\u2014Academy Award-winning filmmaker, drummer, DJ, producer, director, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, and member of The Roots, Philadelphia\u2019s most influential hip-hop group\u2014will be performing a DJ set at Lafayette College\u2019s Student Bicentennial Ball Oct. 16. 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