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