| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Nas | Crew | Directing | Director |
 Steve Rivo | Crew | Writing | Writer |
Andre Wilkins | Crew | Writing | Writer |
 Mimi Valdés | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Ralph McDaniels | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Ethan Mills | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Lance Cain | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Aaliyah | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Beyoncé | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Bushwick Bill | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Common | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 DMX | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Da Brat | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Doug E. Fresh | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Fat Joe | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Foxy Brown | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Ghostface Killah | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Ice Cube | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ice-T | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Jamie Foxx | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Jay-Z | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Kelly Rowland | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 LL Cool J | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Lauryn Hill | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Lil' Kim | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Lionel C. Martin | Cast | Self | |
 Ludacris | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Mary J. Blige | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Method Man | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Michael Bivins | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Michelle Williams | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Mike Tyson | Cast | Actor | Self |
Nas | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Sandra 'Pepa' Denton | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Queen Latifah | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Raekwon | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Rakim | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Sabrina Gray | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Sean Combs | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Shaggy | Cast | Actor | Self |
 The Notorious B.I.G. | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Tracy Morgan | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Tupac Shakur | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Whitney Houston | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Will Smith | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Yasiin Bey | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 50 Cent | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Daymond John | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Kanye West | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Wendy Williams | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Willie Geist | Cast | Actor | Self |
Crazy Sam | Cast | Self | |
 Luther Campbell | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Sway Calloway | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Chuck Schumer | Cast | Actor | Self |
Korey Wise | Cast | Self | |
Billy Danze | Cast | Actor | Self |
Ralph McDaniels | Cast | Actress | Self |
Large Professor | Cast | Actor | Self |
Ernie Paniccioli | Cast | Self | |
 Roxanne Shanté | Cast | Actress | Self |
Chuck Chillout | Cast | Self | |
Ed Dixon | Cast | Self | |
Bryan McDaniels | Cast | Self | |
Evelyn McDaniels | Cast | Self | |
Yvonne M. Lee | Cast | Self | |
 Hakeem Jeffries | Cast | Actor | Self |
General Steele | Cast | Self | |
Kimberly McDaniels-Richardson | Cast | Self | |
Fred Buggs | Cast | Self | |
Ray Dejon | Cast | Self | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
