Colin Solman

饰：Narrator

China Moses

饰：Herself, presenter, vocalist

Alexander Weheliye

饰：Himself, professor of cultural sciences

Clay Cane

饰：Himself, For Colored Boys

Thomas Brenneck

饰：Himself, musician

Ronnie McNeir

饰：Himself, musician

20Syl

饰：Himself, C2C

Brooket T & the MG's

饰：Themselves

Jamie Lidell

饰：Himself, musician

Ian Dewhurst

饰：Himself, producer, DJ

Brenda Russell

饰：Self - vocalist, composer

尼莱·罗杰斯

Nile Rodgers

饰：Self - Chic

Charles Bradley

Charles Bradley

饰：Self - musician

Portia Maultsby

饰：Self - professor, music ethnologist, Indiana University

Jose James

饰：Self - vocalist

Debra Sledge

饰：Self - Sister Sledge

肖恩·科里·卡特

Shawn Corey Carter

饰：Self

欧文·洛伦索

Irv Gotti

饰：Self - producer

Max Herre

饰：Self - musician, producer

Tricia Rose

饰：Self - professor of cultural sciences

拉尔夫·约翰逊

Ralph Johnson

饰：Self - Earth, Wind & Fire

Beyonce

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles

饰：Self

Maxine Powell

饰：Self - etiquette coach, Motown Records

Cody ChesnuTT

饰：Self - musician, vocalist

Al McKay

饰：Self - Earth, Wind & Fire

Mousse T.

Mousse T.

饰：Self - DJ, producer

Adele

Adele

饰：Self - vocalist

尼尔森·乔治

Nelson George

Chuck D.

饰：Self - musician

Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter

饰：Self - musician

Dee Dee Bridgewater

饰：Self - vocalist

Martha Reeves

饰：Self - vocalist, Martha & the Vandellas

Sylvain Richard

饰：Self - C2C

肯德里克·拉马尔

Kendrick Lamar

饰：Self - musician

查理·莫索怀特

Charlie Musselwhite

饰：Self - musician

埃丽卡·巴杜

Erykah Badu

饰：Self - vocalist

Renee Washington

饰：Memorial Baptist Church Harlem

菲利普·贝利

Philip Bailey

饰：Self - Earth, Wind & Fire

唐娜·莎曼

Donna Summer

饰：Self - Vocalist

约翰·传奇

John Legend

饰：Self - musician, vocalist

Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars

饰：Self - musician

西蒙·纳皮尔-贝尔

Simon Napier-Bell

饰：Self - author, producer

马克·丹尼尔·容森

Mark Daniel Ronson

饰：Self - producer

Smudo

饰：Self - musician