Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' featured a slew of amazing cameos -- here's a guide
Black girl magic was in full force on Beyoncé's visual album Lemonade, which screened on HBO Saturday night before dropping on Tidal.
Aside from blessing us with heaps of the Queen herself, the hour-long album featured numerous cameos by black female artists and superstars, from Serena Williams to Zendaya.
Here's a quick guide to some of the familiar faces.
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Serena Williams
The tennis legend stopped by, twerking and wearing a sleek black bodysuit.
The up-and-comers
Beyoncé highlighted a number of young black female stars, captured perfectly in this one shot. A who's who breakdown is below.
From left to right:
-Chloe Bailey, one half of singing duo Chloe x Halle, who are signed to Queen Bey's own label, Parkwood Entertainment. Her sister, Halle, is on the far right.
-Twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz of the music duo Ibeyi.
-Amandla Stenberg, actress and activist extraordinaire.
-Halle Bailey
-Zendaya, singer, actress and activist.
Quvenzhané Wallis
The Oscar-nominated actress, 12, made a few appearances throughout the hour. Here she is holding Blue Ivy's hand, no less.
Model Winnie Harlow
Ballerina Michaela DePrince
Jay Z
Despite all the nerve-wracking lyrics about cheating and lying, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when Jay Z popped up.
Leah Chase
Chase owns the restaurant Dooky Chase in New Orleans, and is a legendary figure in the city. She's also nicknamed the Queen of Creole cuisine.
Miss Tina
A.K.A. Beyoncé's mom, shown here with husband Richard Lawson on their wedding day.
Hattie White
A.K.A. Jay Z's grandmother.
Mothers who lost sons to police brutality
Included in this photoset: Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother (left), Lesley McSpadden, Mike Brown's mother (top right), Gwen Carr, Eric Garner's mother (bottom right).
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Warsan Shire
Okay, so she's not actually in the video, but poet Warsan Shire's lyrical presence was felt throughout the visual album.
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Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.
