LL Cool J

Hip-Hop Artist, Host of "Lip Sync Battle" & Actor Known For "NCIS"

Common

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

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

David Banner

Rapper, Record Producer, Activist & Actor

Tyrese Gibson

R&B Singer, Actor & Author

Talib Kweli

Rapper, Emcee, Activist & Entrepreneur

John Legend

EGOT Winning Musician, Producer & Philantropist

The Color Orange

Cross-Cultural Performance

DJ Spooky

DJ, Hip-Hop Artist & Writer

Nelson George

Author / Filmmaker

Mos Def

Hip-Hop Artist & Actor

Pharrell Williams

Singer-Songwriter, Producer & Entrepreneur; Known for the Hit Single, "Happy"

Earvin “Magic” Johnson

Basketball Hall of Famer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Motivational Speaker

James Spooner

Director & Filmmaker, Afro-Punk

DJ Drama

America's Top Hip-Hop DJ

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Gabrielle Union

Actress, Voice Artist, Activist, Author & Investor

Samuel L. Jackson

Actor Best Known as Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Pulp Fiction" & "Django Unchained"

Regina Belle

Grammy-Winning R&B, Pop & Gospel Songstress

Bruce George

Poet / Activist

Dr. Ian Smith

Doctor, New York Times Bestselling Author, Medical Contributor & Host of "The Doctors"

James McBride

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Musician

Branford Marsalis

Grammy Award-Winning Jazz Musician & Passionate Music Educator

Quincy Jones

Producer / Grammy-Winning Composer

Daymond John

"Shark Tank" Investor; Founder & CEO of FUBU; Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship

Leota Blacknor

Director of Urban Marketing for Virgin Records.

Derrick Ashong

Broadcaster, Musician & Social Entrepreneur

Killer Mike

Hip-Hop Artist & Activist Focused on Social Inequality, Police Brutality & Systemic Racism

Will Smith

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Author

Jurnee Smollett

Actress & Singer

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Actress, Broadway Singer & Producer; Known for "Abbott Elementary"