It's Black Entertainment (2002) | Full Cast

Stan Lathan

DIRECTOR

Debbie Allen

Self

Carl Anderson

Self

Louis Armstrong

Self (archiveFootage)

Josephine Baker

Self (archiveFootage)

Donald Bogle

Self

James Brown

Self (archiveFootage)

Kenny Burrell

Self

Tisha Campbell

Self

Nat 'King' Cole

Self (archiveFootage)

Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Self (archiveFootage)

James Cross

Self (archiveFootage)

Dorothy Dandridge

Self (archiveFootage)

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archiveFootage)

Suzanne De Passe

Self

Rah Digga

Self

Suzzanne Douglas

Self

Dr. Dre

Self

Billy Eckstine

Self (archiveFootage)

Duke Ellington

Self (archiveFootage)

Ella Fitzgerald

Self (archiveFootage)

Jamie Foxx

Self

Aretha Franklin

Mrs. Murphy (archiveFootage)

Nelson George

Self

Berry Gordy

Self

Jasmine Guy

Self

Eddie Hartman

Self (archiveFootage)

'Crip' Heard

Self (archiveFootage)

Jimi Hendrix

Self (archiveFootage)

Gregory Hines

Self

Billie Holiday

Self (archiveFootage)

Rubberneck Holmes

Self (archiveFootage)

Lena Horne

Self (archiveFootage)

Whitney Houston

Self

Reginald Hudlin

Self

Ice-T

Self

Michael Jackson

Self (archiveFootage)

Jimmy Jam

Self

A.J. Johnson

Self (archiveFootage)

Quincy Jones

Self

Louis Jordan

Self (archiveFootage)

Camille King

Maddam CJ Walker

Eartha Kitt

Self (archiveFootage)

Kyme

Rachel Meadows (archiveFootage)

John Landis

Self

Stan Lathan

Self

Spike Lee

Self

Terry Lewis

Self

Little Richard

Self

LL Cool J

Self (archiveFootage)

Wynton Marsalis

Self

Velma Middleton

Self (archiveFootage)

Fayard Nicholas

Self

Harold Nicholas

Self (archiveFootage)

The Notorious B.I.G.

Self (archiveFootage)

Alan Parker

Self

Otis Redding

Self (archiveFootage)

Christopher Reid

Self

Busta Rhymes

Self

Smokey Robinson

Self

Diana Ross

Self (archiveFootage)

Russell Simmons

Self

Bessie Smith

Self (archiveFootage)

Snoop Dogg

Self

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Self (archiveFootage)

Earl 'Snake Hips' Tucker

Self (archiveFootage)

Tina Turner

Self (archiveFootage)

Fats Waller

Self (archiveFootage)

Billy Dee Williams

Self

Vanessa Williams

Host

Carolyn Franklin

Soul Food Chorus (uncredited) (archiveFootage)