Cast
Snoop Dogg
Self
Jamie Foxx
Self
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
Carl Anderson
Self
Christopher Reid
Self (archive footage)
Russell Simmons
Self
Josephine Baker
Self (archive footage)
A.J. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Harold Nicholas
Self (archive footage)
Tina Turner
Self (archive footage)
Rubberneck Holmes
Self (archive footage)
Billy Eckstine
Self (archive footage)
Stan Lathan
Self
Billy Dee Williams
Self
The Notorious B.I.G.
Self (archive footage)
Sean Combs
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Hines
Self
Jimmy Jam
Self
Louis Armstrong
Self (archive footage)
Little Richard
Self
Duke Ellington
Self (archive footage)
Jasmine Guy
Self
Quincy Jones
Self
Dr. Dre
Self
Lena Horne
Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
John Landis
Self
Smokey Robinson
Self
Whitney Houston
Self
Aretha Franklin
Mrs. Murphy (archive footage)
Reginald Hudlin
Self
Eartha Kitt
Self (archive footage)
Vanessa Williams
Self - Host
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Ice-T
Self
Wynton Marsalis
Self
Dorothy Dandridge
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Ella Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage)
Tisha Campbell
Self
Rah Digga
Self
Bessie Smith
Self (archive footage)
Fayard Nicholas
Self
Diana Ross
Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole
Self (archive footage)
LL Cool J
Self (archive footage)
Busta Rhymes
Self
Fats Waller
Self (archive footage)
Berry Gordy
Self
Kyme
Rachel Meadows (archive footage)
Spike Lee
Self
Debbie Allen
Self
James Brown
Self (archive footage)
Nelson George
Self
Terry Lewis
Self
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Self (archive footage)
Suzzanne Douglas
Self
Alan Parker
Self
Otis Redding
Self (archive footage)
Donald Bogle
Self