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