Cast 69

1. 

   Vanessa Williams

   Self - Host

2. 

   Whitney Houston

   Self

3. 

   Ella Fitzgerald

   Self (archive footage)

4. 

   Snoop Dogg

   Self

5. 

   Diana Ross

   Self (archive footage)

6. 

   Spike Lee

   Self

7. 

   Louis Armstrong

   Self (archive footage)

8. 

   Little Richard

   Self

9. 

   Debbie Allen

   Self

10. 

    Carl Anderson

    Self

11. 

    Josephine Baker

    Self (archive footage)

12. 

    James Brown

    Self (archive footage)

13. 

    Tisha Campbell

    Self

14. 

    Nat King Cole

    Self (archive footage)

15. 

    Sean Combs

    Self (archive footage)

16. 

    Dorothy Dandridge

    Self (archive footage)

17. 

    Sammy Davis Jr.

    Self (archive footage)

18. 

    Rah Digga

    Self

19. 

    Suzzanne Douglas

    Self

20. 

    Dr. Dre

    Self

21. 

    Billy Eckstine

    Self (archive footage)

22. 

    Duke Ellington

    Self (archive footage)

23. 

    Jamie Foxx

    Self

24. 

    Aretha Franklin

    Mrs. Murphy (archive footage)

25. Nelson George

    Self

26. 

    Jasmine Guy

    Self

27. 

    Jimi Hendrix

    Self (archive footage)

28. 

    Gregory Hines

    Self

29. 

    Billie Holiday

    Self (archive footage)

30. 

    Lena Horne

    Self (archive footage)

31. 

    Reginald Hudlin

    Self

32. 

    Ice-T

    Self

33. 

    Michael Jackson

    Self (archive footage)

34. 

    James 'Jimmy Jam' Harris III

    Self

35. 

    Quincy Jones

    Self

36. 

    A.J. Johnson

    Self (archive footage)

37. 

    Eartha Kitt

    Self (archive footage)

38. 

    John Landis

    Self

39. 

    Stan Lathan

    Self

40. 

    Terry Lewis

    Self

41. 

    LL Cool J

    Self (archive footage)

42. 

    Wynton Marsalis

    Self

43. 

    Harold Nicholas

    Self (archive footage)

44. 

    Alan Parker

    Self

45. 

    Otis Redding

    Self (archive footage)

46. 

    Christopher Reid

    Self (archive footage)

47. 

    Busta Rhymes

    Self

48. 

    Smokey Robinson

    Self

49. 

    Russell Simmons

    Self

50. 

    Bessie Smith

    Self (archive footage)

51. 

    Tina Turner

    Self (archive footage)

52. 

    Fats Waller

    Self (archive footage)

53. 

    Billy Dee Williams

    Self

54. Donald Bogle

    Self

55. Kenny Burrell

    Self

56. James Cross

    Self (archive footage)

57. 

    Suzanne de Passe

    Self

58. 

    Berry Gordy

    Self

59. Eddie Hartman

    Self (archive footage)

60. 'Crip' Heard

    Self (archive footage)

61. Rubberneck Holmes

    Self (archive footage)

62. 

    Louis Jordan

    Self (archive footage)

63. Camille King

    Maddam CJ Walker

64. Kyme

    Rachel Meadows (archive footage)

65. Velma Middleton

    Self (archive footage)

66. 

    Fayard Nicholas

    Self

67. 

    The Notorious B.I.G.

    Self (archive footage)

68. Earl 'Snake Hips' Tucker

    Self (archive footage)

69. 

    Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    Self (archive footage)

Crew 2