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