Filmmakers
Above the lineEM
Director
Emmett Malloy
BK
Cinematography
Ben Kutchins
Director of Photography
NM
Editing
Neil Meiklejohn
Editor
WZ
Editing
Will Znidaric
Editor
AP
Music
Adam Peters
Original Music Composer
Cast
48TB
The Notorious B.I.G.
Self (archive footage)
SC
Sean Combs
Self - aka Puff Daddy
FE
Faith Evans
Self - Christopher's Wife
DB
Damion Butler
Self - Childhood Friend
VW
Voletta Wallace
Self - Christopher's Mother
LC
Lil' Cease
Self - Childhood Friend
GW
Gwendolyn Wallace
Self - Christopher's Grandmother, 96
DW
Dave Wallace
Self - Christopher's Uncle
CG
C Gutta
Self - Childhood Friend
HS
Hubert Sam
Self - Childhood Friend
DH
Donald Harrison
Self - Christopher's Neighbor
CV
Chico Del Vec
Self
O
Olie
Self - Childhood Friend (archive footage)
JA
Jasmine Ayuso
Self - Olie's Girlfriend
LK
Lil' Kim
Self - Junior M.A.F.I.A. (archive footage)
FN
Francisco Nieto
Self - Crew Lieutenant
G
50-Grand
Self - DJ / Producer
S
Supreme
Self (archive footage)
MC
Mr. Cee
Self - DJ / Producer
MC
Matteo Capoluongo
Self - THE SOURCE Magazine
TW
Tyanna Wallace
Self - Christopher's Daughter (archive footage)
EB
Easy Mo Bee
Self - Record Producer
MP
Mark Pitts
Self - Christopher's Manager
FF
Fab 5 Freddy
Self - Filmmaker / Music Journalist
TS
Tupac Shakur
Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage)
CW
C.J. Wallace
Self - Christopher's Son (archive footage)
TA
Tichina Arnold
Pamela James (archive footage)
BK
Big Daddy Kane
Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage)
AB
Art Blakey
Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)
MB
Mary J. Blige
Self (archive footage)
LC
Luther Campbell
Self (archive footage)
JC
Jimmy Cliff
Self (archive footage)
CD
Clive Davis
Self (archive footage)
DY
DJ Yella
Self (archive footage)
DD
Dr. Dre
Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage)
E
Eazy-E
Self (archive footage)
KC
Kid Capri
Self (archive footage)
SK
Suge Knight
Self - Co-Founder, Death Row Records (archive footage)
K
KRS-One
Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage)
LJ
LL Cool J
Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage)
MR
MC Ren
Self (archive footage)
RM
Ralph McDaniels
Self (archive footage)
CO
Charles Oakley
Self (archive footage)
P
Patra
Self (archive footage)
R
Rakim
Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage)
MR
Max Roach
Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)
DR
Diana Ross
Self - Singer (archive footage)
SD
Snoop Dogg
Self - Hip-Hop Artist (archive footage)
Departments
9Production
- Emmett MalloyExecutive Producer
- Sean CombsExecutive Producer
- Voletta WallaceExecutive Producer
- Mark PittsExecutive Producer
- Stanley F. BuchthalExecutive Producer
- Brendan MalloyExecutive Producer
Sound
- Jonathan ChristiansenMusic Supervisor
- Steve BoeddekerSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Steve BoeddekerSupervising Sound Editor