Guest Stars Pauletta Washington as Rachel Franklin Steven Gregory Norfleet as Cecil Franklin Marque Richardson II as King Curtis Antonique Smith as Barbara Franklin T.I. as Ken Cunningham Co Starring Aubriana Davis as Young Erma Sydney Hunter as Young Carolyn Tyler Richardson as Edward Braelyn Rankins as Clarence Drake Strickland as Young Cecil Jerren Jackson as Little Teddy Willie Repoley as Tom Dowd Kameelah Williams as Backup Singer #1 Philip Mallory as Chuck Rainey Lauren Halperin as First Journalist Brittany Guess as Angela Davis Jonathan D. Williams as Third Famous Producer Karin Justman as Juror #1 / Joyce Rodini Jana Allen as Second Journalist Joel Rush as First Famous Producer Erika Jerry as Backup Singer #5 Mica O'Neil as Juror #3 / Maria Graham Jaye Tyroff as Second Cop Chandra Alexander as Sister Helen Kenny Banks Jr. as Billy Preston Kam Corvet as Cornell Dupree Dondria Fields as Backup Singer #4 Mario Fogg as Ray Lucas Jason Elwood Hanna as William Christmas Ayzha Huff as Backup Singer #3 Timothy McAdams as Ruchell Magee Jessi Fisher as Juror #2 / Doris Whitmer Michael Alban as Second Famous Producer Alex Chansky as Courthouse Cop #1 Dean Grimes as First Cop Sam Younis as Arif Mardin Madison Turner as Jonathan Jackson Stephen Walker as Courthouse Cop #2 Paul E. Short as Judge Harold Haley Gabriel Manak as Third Journalist Brett Solomano as DA Gary Thomas Kaiser Johnson as Fancy Waiter James Edward Thomas as Newscaster Tommy Groth as Party Photographer Christian Gabriel Anderson as Harlem Fan Anderson Martin as Bailiff James Lane Andrew Eakle as Studio Technician Shamari DeVoe as Backup Singer #2 Bobby James as James McClain