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