Ving Rhames as Narrator (voice)

50 Cent as Self

B-Real as Self

Sean Combs as Self

Common as Self

Ice Cube as Self

Mobb Deep as

Damon Dash as Self

DMX as Self

Nate Dogg as Self

Dr. Dre as Self (archive footage)

Eazy-E as Self (archive footage)

Ice-T as Self

Jay-Z as Self

KRS-One as Self

Kurupt as Self

LL Cool J as Self (archive footage)

Angie Martinez as Self

Nas as Self

The Notorious B.I.G. as Self (archive footage)

Ja Rule as Self

Tupac Shakur as Self (archive footage)

Russell Simmons as Self

Snoop Dogg as Self

Warren G as Self

Flavor Flav as Self (archive footage)

Chuck D as Self (archive footage)