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