For the students of New York University, celebrity citings aren’t exactly uncommon.
Such is especially likely to be the case if your professor is a celebrity, and invites other famous pals to be guest lecturers in your class. This is just what happened for several lucky students of a course taught by The Roots’ drummer Questlove, who recently invited director Spike Lee to his class
Questlove's co-professor Harry Weinger, who also serves as Vice President of A&R for Universal Music Enterprises, captured the special occasion in an Instagram post guaranteed to make jealous even those students who were not already sour about not getting a place in the course. He described how Lee's work fits into the curriculum of the class, which NYULocal reported back in 2012, when the class first started, was titled "Classic Albums."
Lee's class visit comes at what some might consider to be a trying time for the musician. As we reported, earlier this month Questlove's father and fellow musician Lee Andrews, who founded Lee Andrews and The Hearts, passed away. He shared an emotional tribute to his late father in another Instagram post.