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 Steve Alderfer as Tommy Cogbill Anthony M. Walker as Reporter #5 JP Lambert as Spooner Oldham Skylar Denney as Reporter #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 Justin Livingston as Jeff LaKeta Booker as Charlece Adam Rivette as Rob Arle Michel as Church Matron Toheeb Akinola as Fan #2 Ryan Anthony Williams as Ken Laxton Tyler Colfer as Jimmy Johnson Daniel James Baldock as Roger Hawkins Mimi Faust as Reporter #4 Brad Hills as Reporter #3 Arielle Morgan as Fan #1 Tierre Turner as Elderly Male Parishioner Challedon "shy" Saltor as Marcia Dorothy Sanders as Parishioner #2 Edloe Blackwell as Parishioner #1
