Directed by
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Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| Steve Rivo | ... | (writer) |
| Andre Wilkins | ... | (writer) |
Cast (in credits order)
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Ralph McDaniels | ... | Self |
| Nas | ... | Self | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| 50 Cent | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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A Tribe Called Quest | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Aaliyah | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Hurby 'Luv Bug' Azor | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Yasiin Bey | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Beyoncé | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Big Daddy Kane | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Bushwick Bill | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Michael Bivins | ... | Self | |
| Mary J. Blige | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Da Brat | ... | Self | |
| Foxy Brown | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Fred Buggs | ... | Self |
| Jonathan Sway Calloway | ... | Self (as Sway) | |
| Luther Campbell | ... | Self | |
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Chuck Chillout | ... | Self |
| Dick Clark | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Sean 'Diddy' Combs | ... | Self | |
| Common | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Don Cornelius | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Billy Danze | ... | Self |
| Bill de Blasio | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| De La Soul | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
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Luca De Massis | ... | Videographer (archive footage) |
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Ray Dejon | ... | Self |
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Ed Dixon | ... | Self |
| DJ Khaled | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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DJ Premier | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| DMX | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jermaine Dupri | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Eric B. | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Aretha Franklin | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Doug E. Fresh | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Funkmaster Flex | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Willie Geist | ... | Self | |
| Ghostface Killah | ... | Self | |
| Dizzy Gillespie | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Sabrina Gray | ... | Self |
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Havoc | ... | Self |
| Heavy D | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Lauryn Hill | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Geoffrey Holder | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Whitney Houston | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ice Cube | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ice-T | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jackson 5 | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Cheryl 'Salt' James | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jam Master Jay | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jay-Z | ... | Self | |
| Hakeem Jeffries | ... | Self | |
| Fat Joe | ... | Self | |
| Daymond John | ... | Self | |
| Kool Herc | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| KRS-One | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Yvonne M. Lee | ... | Self |
| Lil' Kim | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| LL Cool J | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Monie Love | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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The Lox | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Ludacris | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Biz Markie | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Lionel C. Martin | ... | Self |
| Angie Martinez | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Bryan McDaniels | ... | Self |
| Darryl McDaniels | ... | Self | |
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Evelyn McDaniels | ... | Self |
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Kimberly McDaniels | ... | Self (as Kimberly McDaniels-Richardson) |
| Method Man | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tracy Morgan | ... | Self | |
| The Notorious B.I.G. | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Charles Oakley | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Barack Obama | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Michelle Obama | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Billy Ocean | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Ernie Paniciolli | ... | Self |
| Pepa | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Prodigy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Large Professor | ... | Self |
| Queen Latifah | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Raekwon | ... | Self | |
| Rakim | ... | Self | |
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Kool DJ Red Alert | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Slick Rick | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| A$AP Rocky | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Diana Ross | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Kelly Rowland | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Crazy Sam | ... | Self |
| Chuck Schumer | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Shaggy | ... | Self | |
| Tupac Shakur | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Roxanne Shanté | ... | Self | |
| Joseph Simmons | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Russell Simmons | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Will Smith | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Trey Songz | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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General Steele | ... | Self |
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Jayceon Taylor | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Mike Tyson | ... | Self | |
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Mike Walker | ... | Self |
| Michelle Williams | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Wendy Williams | ... | Self | |
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Korey Wise | ... | Self |
| Ye | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Produced by
| Kate Albers | ... | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Peter Bittenbender | ... | executive producer |
| Sacha Jenkins | ... | executive producer |
| Eddie Kuspiel | ... | archival producer |
| Alexa Lamantea | ... | Audio Producer / Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Roberta Magrini | ... | talent producer |
| Vinnie Malhotra | ... | executive producer |
| Ralph McDaniels | ... | executive producer |
| Destynee McMichael | ... | associate producer |
| Nas | ... | executive producer |
| David Perez Shadi | ... | consulting producer |
| Steve Rivo | ... | executive producer |
| Lindsey Steer | ... | associate producer |
| Brian Turner | ... | line producer |
| Mimi Valdes | ... | executive producer |
| Andre Wilkins | ... | co-producer |
Cinematography by
| Ethan Mills | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Lance Cain | ||
Makeup Department
| Aya Tariq | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| LaQuin Alexander | ... | production manager (as Laquin Alexander) |
| Grace Cho | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Réal Gill | ... | production assistant (as Rèal Gill) |
Sound Department
| Sam Kashefi | ... | sound recordist |
| Enrique Larreal | ... | sound recordist |
| Mike Silvestri | ... | sound recordist |
| Matt Snedecor | ... | sound effects editor |
| Gary Stephenson | ... | sound recordist |
| Louis P. Thybulle | ... | sound recordist |
| Dan Walsh | ... | Supervising Sound Editor / re-recording mixer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Jarrett Allen | ... | DIT / assistant camera |
| William Castellucci | ... | assistant camera (as Will Castellucci) / camera operator (as Will Castellucci) |
| Joshua Catubig | ... | first assistant camera |
| Alex Deleon | ... | assistant camera |
| Travis Harris | ... | camera operator |
| Marco Marchiori | ... | assistant camera |
| Lamar McCormack | ... | assistant camera |
| Wale Olukayode | ... | dit |
| Kate Ruthenbeck | ... | camera operator |
Editorial Department
| Gavin Bazalar | ... | lead assistant editor |
| Jefferson Espitia | ... | assistant editor |
| Stewart Griffin | ... | colorist |
| Drew Kilgore | ... | digital intermediate manager |
| Ben Kiviat | ... | on-line editor |
| Timothy McGonagle | ... | trailer editor |
| Donna McLeer | ... | additional editor |
| Keith Memminger | ... | assistant editor |
| Christian Moniz | ... | additional editor |
| Jason Pollard | ... | additional editor |
Music Department
| Justin T. Feldman | ... | music supervisor |
| Alex Rusbarsky | ... | music coordinator |
| Nathalia Vieira | ... | music coordinator |
Additional Crew
| Emma Francis-Snyder | ... | archival researcher |
| Arneece Maynard | ... | production coordinator |
