Forest Whitaker

Reverend Cornell Cobbs

Angela Bassett

Aretha Cobbs

Jennifer Hudson

Naima

Tyrese Gibson

Loot / Tyson

Jacob Latimore

Langston

Mary J. Blige

Platinum Fro

Nas

Street Prophet (Isaiah)

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Pawnbroker

J. Mallory McCree

Kyle

Rotimi

Officer Butch McDaniels

Michael Dale

Innkeeper

Henry Hunter Hall

Snoopy

Marija Abney

Nativity Dancer

Amyrh Harris

Church Goer (uncredited)

Paugh Shadow

Bethlehem / Modern Day Thug Hallucination (uncredited)