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 Braelyn Rankins as Clarence Tyler Richardson as Edward Drake Strickland as Young Cecil Willie Repoley as Tom Dowd Jerren Jackson as Little Teddy Kameelah Williams as Backup Singer #1 Philip Mallory as Chuck Rainey Shamari DeVoe as Backup Singer #2 Lauren Halperin as First Journalist Brittany Guess as Angela Davis Jonathan D. Williams as Third Famous Producer Kaiser Johnson as Fancy Waiter Michael Alban as Second Famous Producer Jaye Tyroff as Second Cop Jana Allen as Second Journalist Joel Rush as First Famous Producer James Edward Thomas as Newscaster Karin Justman as Juror #1 / Joyce Rodini Alex Chansky as Courthouse Cop #1 Jessi Fisher as Juror #2 / Doris Whitmer Mica O'Neil as Juror #3 / Maria Graham Timothy McAdams as Ruchell Magee Dean Grimes as First Cop Ayzha Huff as Backup Singer #3 Jason Elwood Hanna as William Christmas Mario Fogg as Ray Lucas Dondria Fields as Backup Singer #4 Kam Corvet as Cornell Dupree Kenny Banks Jr. as Billy Preston Chandra Alexander as Sister Helen Sam Younis as Arif Mardin Erika Jerry as Backup Singer #5 Madison Turner as Jonathan Jackson Brett Solomano as DA Gary Thomas Stephen Walker as Courthouse Cop #2 Paul E. Short as Judge Harold Haley Bobby James as James McClain Gabriel Manak as Third Journalist Andrew Eakle as Studio Technician Anderson Martin as Bailiff James Lane Christian Gabriel Anderson as Harlem Fan Tommy Groth as Party Photographer