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