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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Sam Sweet
- writer
Cast
- The Notorious B.I.G.
- Self
- Damion Butler
- Self - Childhood Friend
- Sean 'Diddy' Combs
- Self - AKA Puff Daddy
- Voletta Wallace
- Self - Christopher's Mother
- Lil' Cease
- Self - Childhood Friend
- Gwendolyn Wallace
- Self - Christopher's Grandmother, 96
- Dave Wallace
- Self - Christopher's Uncle
- C Gutta
- Self - Childhood Friend
- Faith Evans
- Self - Christopher's Wife
- Hubert Sam
- Self - Childhood Friend
- Donald Harrison
- Self - Christopher's Neighbor
- Chico Del Vec
- Self
- Olie
- Self - Childhood Friend
- Jasmine Ayuso
- Self - Olie's Girlfriend
- Lil' Kim
- Self - Junior M.A.F.I.A.
- Frank Nitty
- Self - Crew Lieutenant
- 50-Grand
- Self - DJ / Producer
- Supreme
- Self
- Mr. Cee
- Self - DJ / Producer
- Matteo Capoluongo
- Self - THE SOURCE Magazine
- Tyanna Wallace
- Self - Christopher's Daughter
- Easy Mo Bee
- Self - Record Producer
- Mark Pitts
- Self - Christopher's Manager
- Fab 5 Freddy
- Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
- Tupac Shakur
- Self - Hip-Hop Artist
- Christopher Jordan Wallace
- Self - Christopher's Son
- Tichina Arnold
- Pamela James
- Big Daddy Kane
- Self - Hip-Hop Artist
- Art Blakey
- Self - Jazz Musician
- Mary J. Blige
- Self
- Luther Campbell
- Self
- Jimmy Cliff
- Self
- Clive Davis
- Self
- Luca De Massis
- Music Engineer
- DJ Yella
- Self
- Dr. Dre
- Self - Hip-Hop Artist
- Eazy-E
- Self
- The Fat Boys
- Themselves - Hip-Hop Artists
- Heavy D & The Boyz
- Themselves
- Jodeci
- Themselves
- Kid Capri
- Self
- Suge Knight
- Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records
- KRS-One
- Self - Hip-Hop Artist
- The Last Poets
- Themselves - Band
- LL Cool J
- Self - Hip-Hop Artist
- Ralph McDaniels
- Self
- Mtume
- Themselves - Band
- Charles Oakley
- Self
- Patra
- Self
- Queen Latifah
- Self
- Rakim
- Self - Hip-Hop Artist
- M.C. Ren
- Self
- Max Roach
- Self - Jazz Musician
- Diana Ross
- Self - Singer
- Run-D.M.C.
- Themselves - Hip-Hop Artists
- Biggy Smallz
- Self
- Snoop Dogg
- Self - Hip-Hop Artist
- TOTO
- Themselves - Band
Produced By
- Wayne Barrow
- producer
- Dan Braun
- executive producer
- Josh Braun
- executive producer
- Stanley F. Buchthal
- executive producer
- Sean 'Diddy' Combs
- executive producer
- Aaron L. Ginsburg
- producer
- William Green
- producer
- Melissa Jacobson
- archival producer
- Terry Leonard
- producer
- Torrey Liddell
- field producer
- Brendan Malloy
- executive producer
- Emmett Malloy
- executive producer
- Daniel Pappas
- producer
- Mark Pitts
- executive producer
- Michael Steiner
- field producer
- Alena Svyatova
- field producer
- Voletta Wallace
- executive producer
- Atilla Salih Yücer
- field producer
Music
Cinematography
Sound
- Danielle Adams
- assistant re-recording mixer
- Steve Boeddeker
- re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
- Dusty Jermier
- engineering services
- Josh Lowden
- general manager
- Reza Moosavi
- production sound mixer
- Steve Morris
- head of engineering
- Jon Null
- head of production
- Carrie Perry
- scheduling
- Michael Peters
- post-production finance manager
- Daniela Pontoriero
- post-production sound accountant
- Eva Porter
- client services
- Scott Theakston
- digital editorial support
Editing
Production Design
Production Management
- Blaine Williams
- post-production supervisor
Animation
- Tina Tomar
- animator
Editorial
- Michael Engelken
- additional editor
- Beau Leon
- colorist
- Crystal Pastis
- additional editor
- Angela Rath
- post-production assistant
Other
- Abdul Malik Abbott
- archive photos
- Laura Centeno
- production accountant
- Cydney Swofford Freeman
- fair use legal services
- Nicolas Jampol
- fair use legal services
- Patrick Johnson
- Archival Assistant
- Orion Perenyi
- production assistant
- Koe Rodriguez
- archival material
Music Department
- Jonathan Christiansen
- music supervisor
- Justin T. Feldman
- music supervisor
- Jilian Medford
- music coordinator
- Katerina Tolkishevskaya
- music editor
Camera Department
- Jacqueline Eastzer
- key grip
- Wayne Jones
- digital imaging technician
- Edward Al Roberts
- gaffer
- Ryan T. Shaw
- second assistant camera
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