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