Pharrell Williams as Self

Jamie Foxx as Self

Patti LaBelle as Self

Smokey Robinson as Self

Angela Bassett as Self

James Brown as Self (archive footage)

Duke Ellington as Self (archive footage)

Ella Fitzgerald as Self (archive footage)

Redd Foxx as Self (archive footage)

Aretha Franklin as Self (archive footage)

Lauryn Hill as Self (archive footage)

Billie Holiday as Self (archive footage)

Eartha Kitt as Self (archive footage)

Gladys Knight as Self (archive footage)

Malcolm X as Self (archive footage)

Charles B. Rangel as Self

Leslie Uggams as Self