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 Aubriana Davis as Young Erma Sydney Hunter as Young Carolyn Tyler Richardson as Edward Braelyn Rankins as Clarence Drake Strickland as Young Cecil Willie Repoley as Tom Dowd Toheeb Akinola as Fan #2 Tyler Colfer as Jimmy Johnson Skylar Denney as Reporter #1 Anthony M. Walker as Reporter #5 Todd Allen Durkin as White Salesman Daniel James Baldock as Roger Hawkins Darryl Handy as Church Patron Adam Rivette as Rob John Crow as Reporter #2 Challedon "shy" Saltor as Marcia Steve Alderfer as Tommy Cogbill Arielle Morgan as Fan #1 Mimi Faust as Reporter #4 Melvin Evans Jr. as Parishioner #3 Dorothy Sanders as Parishioner #2 Arle Michel as Church Matron Ryan Cameron as Pervis Spann JP Lambert as Spooner Oldham Justin Livingston as Jeff LaKeta Booker as Charlece Ryan Anthony Williams as Ken Laxton Brad Hills as Reporter #3 Tierre Turner as Elderly Male Parishioner Jermaine Dupri as Rodney Jones Edloe Blackwell as Parishioner #1 Alex Collins as Rick Hall
