Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music From Ghetto to Fabulous (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Documentary, Music

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Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music

From Ghetto to Fabulous (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Documentary, Music

Today, contemporary R&B is the music that the world spins to. R&B is one of the biggest selling music genres, worldwide its performers are among the most conspicuous celebrities on the planet with mighty corporations queuing up to recruit ...See moreToday, contemporary R&B is the music that the world spins to. R&B is one of the biggest selling music genres, worldwide its performers are among the most conspicuous celebrities on the planet with mighty corporations queuing up to recruit them to promote their products. This investigates how R&B arrived at its lofty heights. An extraordinary story unfolds, tracing the diamond-dripping, premiere-attending world of today's R&B stars, right back to the crack streets of Harlem in the mid 80s. It's also the story of how Mary J Blige's troubled journey revolutionized the sound of modern pop and in doing so took black music from the ghetto to fabulous. See less

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Colin Salmon Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Resident Evil (2002)
Anita Baker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Blockers (2018)
Beyoncé Self (as Beyoncé Knowles) Self (as Beyoncé Knowles) See fewer	Dreamgirls (2006)
Mary J. Blige Self Self See fewer	Mudbound (2017)
Bobby Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ghostbusters II (1989)
Barry Michael Cooper Self - Music Writer Self - Music Writer See fewer	New Jack City (1991)
Clive Davis Self - President, Arista Records 1974-99 Self - President, Arista Records 1974-99 See fewer	Deadpool 2 (2018)
Destiny's Child Themselves Themselves See fewer	Charlie's Angels (2000)
Missy Elliott Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Nelson George Self - Music Writer Self - Music Writer See fewer	Brooklyn Boheme (2011)
Andre Harrell Self - CEO, Uptown Records 1986-96 Self - CEO, Uptown Records 1986-96 See fewer	Honey (2003)
Whitney Houston Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Bodyguard (1992)
Jimmy Jam Self - Record Producer (as Jimmy 'Jam' Harris) Self - Record Producer (as Jimmy 'Jam' Harris) See fewer	64th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony (2022)
Wyclef Jean Self Self See fewer	Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Erica Kennedy Self - Journalist and Novelist Self - Journalist and Novelist See fewer	The Worst Day of My Life (1991)
Mathew Knowles Self - Manager, Destiny's Child (as Matthew Knowles) Self - Manager, Destiny's Child (as Matthew Knowles) See fewer	Charlie's Angels (2000)
Terry Lewis Self - Record Producer Self - Record Producer See fewer	Mo' Money (1992)
Mase Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Money Talks (1997)
Mark Anthony Neal Self - Professor, Duke University Self - Professor, Duke University See fewer	Nivea Feat. R. Kelly: Laundromat (2003)
Mark Anthony Neal Self Self See fewer	Being Mary Jane (2013)
Kelly Rowland Self Self See fewer	Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Greg Tate Self - Music Critic Self - Music Critic See fewer	Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity (2023)
Hype Williams Self - Video Director Self - Video Director See fewer	Belly (1998)