| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Brendan Malloy | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Emmett Malloy | Crew | Directing | Director, Executive Producer |
 Sean Combs | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Stanley F. Buchthal | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Steve Boeddeker | Crew | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Adam Peters | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Ben Kutchins | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Mark Pitts | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Voletta Wallace | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Will Znidaric | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Neil Meiklejohn | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Art Blakey | Cast | Actor | Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage) |
 Big Daddy Kane | Cast | Actor | Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage) |
 Charles Oakley | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Clive Davis | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Diana Ross | Cast | Actress | Self - Singer (archive footage) |
 Dr. Dre | Cast | Actor | Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage) |
 Eazy-E | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Faith Evans | Cast | Actress | Self - Christopher's Wife |
 Francisco Nieto | Cast | Actor | Self - Crew Lieutenant |
 KRS-One | Cast | Actor | Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage) |
Kid Capri | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 LL Cool J | Cast | Actor | Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage) |
 Lil' Kim | Cast | Actress | Self - Junior M.A.F.I.A. (archive footage) |
 MC Ren | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Suge Knight | Cast | Actor | Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage) |
 Mary J. Blige | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Max Roach | Cast | Actor | Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage) |
 Rakim | Cast | Actor | Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage) |
Sean Combs | Cast | Actor | Self - aka Puff Daddy |
 Snoop Dogg | Cast | Actor | Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage) |
 The Notorious B.I.G. | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Tichina Arnold | Cast | Actress | Pamela James (archive footage) |
 Tupac Shakur | Cast | Actor | Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage) |
 Lil' Cease | Cast | Actor | Self - Childhood Friend |
Mark Pitts | Cast | Actor | Self - Christopher's Manager |
Voletta Wallace | Cast | Actress | Self - Christopher's Mother |
 C.J. Wallace | Cast | Actor | Self - Christopher's Son (archive footage) |
Donald Harrison | Cast | Self - Christopher's Neighbor | |
 Fab 5 Freddy | Cast | Actor | Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist |
 Jimmy Cliff | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 DJ Yella | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Luther Campbell | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ralph McDaniels | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
50-Grand | Cast | Self - DJ / Producer | |
Jasmine Ayuso | Cast | Self - Olie's Girlfriend | |
Easy Mo Bee | Cast | Self - Record Producer | |
Mr. Cee | Cast | Self - DJ / Producer | |
Matteo Capoluongo | Cast | Self - THE SOURCE Magazine | |
Gwendolyn Wallace | Cast | Self - Christopher's Grandmother, 96 | |
Chico Del Vec | Cast | Self | |
Hubert Sam | Cast | Self - Childhood Friend | |
Dave Wallace | Cast | Self - Christopher's Uncle | |
C Gutta | Cast | Self - Childhood Friend | |
Damion Butler | Cast | Self - Childhood Friend | |
Supreme | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Tyanna Wallace | Cast | Self - Christopher's Daughter (archive footage) | |
Olie | Cast | Self - Childhood Friend (archive footage) | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
