Directed by
Nas |
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
Steve Rivo | ... | (writer) |
Andre Wilkins | ... | (writer) |
Cast (in credits order)
Ralph McDaniels | ... | Self | |
Nas | ... | Self | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
50 Cent | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
A Tribe Called Quest | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Aaliyah | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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) | |
Fred Buggs | ... | Self | |
Jonathan Sway Calloway | ... | Self (as Sway) | |
Luther Campbell | ... | Self | |
Chuck Chillout | ... | Self | |
Dick Clark | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Sean 'Diddy' Combs | ... | Self | |
Common | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Don Cornelius | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Ice Cube | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Billy Danze | ... | Self | |
Bill de Blasio | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
De La Soul | ... | Themselves (archive footage) | |
Luca De Massis | ... | Videographer (archive footage) | |
Ray Dejon | ... | Self | |
Ed Dixon | ... | Self | |
DJ Khaled | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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) | |
Sabrina Gray | ... | Self | |
Havoc | ... | Self | |
Heavy D | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Lauryn Hill | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Geoffrey Holder | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Whitney Houston | ... | 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) | |
Yvonne M. Lee | ... | Self | |
Lil' Kim | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
LL Cool J | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Monie Love | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
The Lox | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Ludacris | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Biz Markie | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Lionel C. Martin | ... | Self | |
Angie Martinez | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Bryan McDaniels | ... | Self | |
Darryl McDaniels | ... | Self | |
Evelyn McDaniels | ... | Self | |
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) | |
Ernie Paniciolli | ... | Self | |
Pepa | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Prodigy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Large Professor | ... | Self | |
Queen Latifah | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Raekwon | ... | Self | |
Rakim | ... | Self | |
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) | |
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) | |
General Steele | ... | Self | |
Jayceon Taylor | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Mike Tyson | ... | Self | |
Mike Walker | ... | Self | |
Michelle Williams | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Wendy Williams | ... | Self | |
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 |