Everyone knows Soul Train, but not everyone knows what happened when the music stopped. BET’s hit series American Soul – returning for its second season on May 27 -- is the untold story of the struggle to make the dream of Soul Train come true. Inspired by the personal trials and professional successes of a young, ambitious and troubled impresario Don Cornelius, the 70s period drama is an unflinching look at the entrepreneur, his Soul Train dancers, and musicians set against the backdrop of a cutthroat Hollywood – how they work, play, rise and fall. The series chronicles “the hippest trip in America” and what became of one of the most prominent and groundbreaking television shows for African-American culture.

Nine-time Grammy®-nominated R&B singer Kelly Price plays Brianne Clarke. Extremely wise yet cautious, Brianne is the head of the Clarke household; the mother of Simone and Kendall. Falling back into her musical roots, Brianne becomes a staple of the Soul Train Club. Kelly Price first earned the reputation as one of the industry’s most sought-after songwriters, before becoming a Grammy-nominated artist in her own right. Her first two albums, Soul of a Woman and Mirror Mirror both went platinum and she’s performed with many of the biggest names in music – from Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston to Aretha Franklin and The Notorious B.I.G.