Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Justice Smith

Film & TV Actor; Best Known for "Paper Towns," "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," & "Pokemon Detective Pikachu"

F. Gary Gray

Director, Film Produce & Actor; Best Known for Directing "Straight Outta Compton" & "The Italian Job"

Daveed Diggs

Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actor Known for "Hamilton"

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Lee Daniels

Director, Writer & Producer Known for "Precious" and "Empire"; Creator of Lee Daniels Entertainment

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Fashion Model & Actor Known for "Lost," "Oz" & "Suicide Squad"

Da'Vinchi

Hatian-American Actor Known For "Grownish"

Boots Riley

Rapper, Producer, Screenwriter & Director; Known for "Sorry To Bother You"

Jharrel Jerome & Boots Riley On ‘I’m a Virgo’ | SXSW 2023

Billy Porter

Broadway Theater Performer, Actor & Singer

Mahershala Ali

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Moonlight" & "House of Cards;" First Muslim Actor To Win An Oscar

Cynthia Erivo

Singer-Songwriter & Grammy & Tony Award-Winning Actress; Known for "The Color Purple," "Wicked" & Portraying Harriet Tubman in "Harriet"; Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

Leslie Odom Jr.

Broadway Actor & Grammy Award Winning Singer

Issa Rae

Actress, Writer, Director & Producer Known for HBO's "Insecure" & "Awkward Black Girl"

Jared Leto

Academy Award-Winning Actor Known for "Dallas Buyers Club," "Requiem for a Dream" & "Suicide Squad;" Lead Singer for Band '30 Seconds to Mars'

Denzel Washington

Actor, Director & Producer Known for "Fences," "The Book of Eli" & "Training Day"

Alfonso Ribeiro

Host of America’s Funniest Home Videos, Actor, TV Director, Award-Winning Dancer & Broadway Star

Donald Glover

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director & Musician; Performs as Childish Gambino

Hannibal Buress

Stand-Up Comedian, Actor & Television Writer; Known for Comedy Central's "Broad City" & "The Eric Andre Show"

Ice-T

Rapper, Record Producer & Actor Known for "Law & Order: SVU"

Don Cheadle

Actor, Activist & Author; Known for "Iron Man 2" & "Hotel Rwanda"

Common

Award-Winning Artist, Actor, Producer, Musician & Writer

And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self

Malcolm Jamal Warner

Emmy Award-Nominated Actor & Grammy Award Winner; 80's Icon Known for his Role as Theo Huxtable on "The Cosby Show"

Ben Vereen

Tony Award-Winning Entertainer

Tyler Perry

Actor, Writer, Producer, Comedian & Director; CEO of Tyler Perry Studios

Morgan Freeman

Academy Award-Winning Actor, Narrator & Humanitarian

Morgan Freeman Spent 25 Years on His 761st Tank Battalion Documentary

Todd Bridges

Author, Director & Actor Known for "Diff'rent Strokes"; Substance Abuse Recovery Advocate

Brandon Kyle Goodman

Actor known for "Big Mouth"

Timon Kyle Durrett

Actor, Producer, Activist Author & Artist

Matthew Morgan & Jocelyn Cooper

Producers of The Afropunk Festival