| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lauren Lazin | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Fab 5 Freddy | Crew | Production | Consulting Producer |
Jeremy Kessler | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Gillian Appleby | Crew | Production | Associate Producer |
Rebecca Teran | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Adam Horovitz | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Adam Yauch | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Questlove | Cast | Actor | Self |
Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Treach | Cast | Actor | Self |
 B-Real | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Big Boi | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Big Daddy Kane | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Bushwick Bill | Cast | Self | |
 Bill Cosby | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Biz Markie | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Cheryl 'Salt' James | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Christopher Reid | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Chuck D | Cast | Actor | Self |
 DJ Jazzy Jeff | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
DJ Skribble | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Da Brat | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Darryl McDaniels | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Dennis Hopper | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Doctor Dré | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Don King | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Dr. Dre | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Eazy-E | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Ed Lover | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Eddie Murphy | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Flavor Flav | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Ice Cube | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Ice-T | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Jada Pinkett Smith | Cast | Actress | Self |
 James Brown | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Jermaine Dupri | Cast | Actor | Self |
 KRS-One | Cast | Actor | Self |
Kid Frost | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Kurt Loder | Cast | Actor | Self |
 LL Cool J | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Little Richard | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 MC Ren | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Martha Quinn | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Mary J. Blige | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Mel Gibson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Method Man | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Michael Diamond | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Mike Tyson | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Nelson George | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Pepa | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Phife Dawg | Cast | Self | |
 Q-Tip | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Queen Latifah | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Rakim | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Redman | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Scarface | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Shaquille O'Neal | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Slick Rick | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Snoop Dogg | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Spike Lee | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Tariq Trotter | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Ted Demme | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 The Notorious B.I.G. | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Tupac Shakur | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Will Smith | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Moses Edinborough | Cast | Self | |
Fab 5 Freddy | Cast | Actor | Self |
Bill Adler | Cast | Self | |
Sen Dog | Cast | Self | |
Miss Info | Cast | Self | |
Joe Perota | Cast | Self | |
Eric B. | Cast | Actor | Self |
 DJ Yella | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Luther Campbell | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Malik Abdul-Basit | Cast | Self | |
T-Money | Cast | Self | |
Parrish Smith | Cast | Actor | Self |
Doug Herzog | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Sheri Howell | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Angela Yee | Cast | Self | |
 Fresh Kid Ice | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Chubb Rock | Cast | Self | |
Mark "DJ Wiz" Eastmond | Cast | Actor | Self |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
