KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Academy Award-Winning Director, Film Producer, Author

Singer-Songwriter, Rapper, Actress & LGBTQ Advocate

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

Tony Award-winning Actor, Arts Advocate, Broadway Star

Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer & Actor

Actor, Writer, Producer, Director & CEO, Tyler Perry Studios; Philanthropist & Founder, Perry Foundation

Award-Winning Actor, Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur

Award-Winning Actor, Comedian, Writer, Director Known for "Atlanta," "Community" & "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"; Grammy Award-Winning Musician Formerly Known as Childish Gambino

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

Academy Awarding-Winning Writer, Director & Producer Known for "Moonlight"

Actor, Director, Independent Filmmaker, NAACP Award Nominee

English Actor, Producer, Rapper and DJ; Best Known for His Roles in "The Wire" & "Luther"

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

Cultural Critic, Award-Winning Filmmaker & Executive Producer of "Surviving R.Kelly"

Award-Winning Actor, Producer & Director; Best Known for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" & "The Last King of Scotland"; Founder of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative

Hip-Hop Icon, Grammy Award Winner & Actor; Known for "Mama Said Knock You Out"

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

Academy Award Nominee, Director of "Selma", Founder of ARRAY

Grammy Award-Winning Rapper & Record Producer