Guest Stars Pauletta Washington as Rachel Franklin Steven Gregory Norfleet as Cecil Franklin Marque Richardson II as King Curtis Keith Arthur Bolden as Recording Studio Man Amanda Warren as Melba Parks Stacey Sargeant as Dinah Washington Robert Glasper as Art Tatum Co Starring Sydney Hunter as Young Carolyn Aubriana Davis as Young Erma Tyler Richardson as Edward Braelyn Rankins as Clarence Drake Strickland as Young Cecil Willie Repoley as Tom Dowd Todd Allen Durkin as White Salesman Darryl Handy as Church Patron Arle Michel as Church Matron Tierre Turner as Elderly Male Parishioner Steve Alderfer as Tommy Cogbill Anthony M. Walker as Reporter #5 JP Lambert as Spooner Oldham Skylar Denney as Reporter #1 Arielle Morgan as Fan #1 Melvin Evans Jr. as Parishioner #3 Ryan Cameron as Pervis Spann John Crow as Reporter #2 Jermaine Dupri as Rodney Jones Alex Collins as Rick Hall Brad Hills as Reporter #3 Toheeb Akinola as Fan #2 Daniel James Baldock as Roger Hawkins Tyler Colfer as Jimmy Johnson Justin Livingston as Jeff Mimi Faust as Reporter #4 LaKeta Booker as Charlece Adam Rivette as Rob Challedon "shy" Saltor as Marcia Edloe Blackwell as Parishioner #1 Dorothy Sanders as Parishioner #2 Ryan Anthony Williams as Ken Laxton
