Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson shall be honored with the SummerStage Icon award for his inventive contributions to New York Metropolis, the Metropolis Parks Basis has introduced. The Grammy-winning artist will DJ a personal dance get together to conclude the annual dinner and fundraiser going down Sept. 25 on the iconic SummerStage venue in Central Park.

Metropolis Parks Basis, by way of its Capital One Metropolis Parks Basis SummerStage Pageant, is among the largest presenters of free arts and cultural applications in New York Metropolis parks, and serves greater than 285,000 New Yorkers every year by way of arts, schooling, sports activities and neighborhood constructing initiatives.

In 2024, the Metropolis Parks Basis honored John and Patrick McEnroe with the Metropolis Parks Basis Icon award as completed tennis gamers and philanthropists. This 12 months, Phildalehia-born Questlove will grow to be an honoree.

As co-founder of the hip-hop group the Roots, Questlove will seem on the SummerStage on July 20 in Queens’ Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. This 12 months’s SummerStage lineup additionally consists of Soccer Mommy, Rakim, Camilo, Jessica Pratt and Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues, amongst others.

Questlove is a inventive pressure throughout the leisure trade, and is an Academy Award‒profitable function documentary maker, accountable for “Summer time of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution May Not Be Televised),” and the Emmy-nominated “Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius).”

In 2025, Questlove has additionally signed on to direct a documentary in regards to the best-selling band, “Earth, Wind and Fireplace.” These initiatives will mark Questlove’s newest forays into filmmaking following his directorial debut and shall be produced by Two One 5 Leisure — the manufacturing firm based by Questlove and Black Although). Along with his work as a director, Questlove has executive-produced documentaries “The League,” from Academy Award nominee Sam Pollard, and the Sundance award winner, “Descendant,” from Emmy nominee Margaret Brown

Thompson has additionally written a number of books, together with the New York Occasions best-sellers “Mo’ Meta Blues,” “Inventive Quest,” “Music Is Historical past” and “The Rhythm of Time,” which is the primary e book in his center grade collection of the identical title. Lately, he revealed his first image e book, “The Thought In You.”