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