asian studies, africana studies, aesthetics, hip-hop, sea life, local shit (what up milwaukee), going out, staying in, documentaries, goon squad, my best girl shamia.
people i already know because fuck the internet kind of.
in no particular order, nas, jay-z, g-unit (only a little bit ironically), kanye west (not as a rapper), big L, tribe, white stripes, camron, notorious b.i.g., neutral milk hotel, digable planets, etta JONES, the five stairsteps, ella fitzgerald, talib kweli, david bowie, curtis mayfield, mos def, tammy wynette, ti, snoop, freeway, etta james, ghostface, nina simone, beenie siegel, black sabbath, memphis bleek, twista, dolly parton, blackstar, jimmy cliff, ludacris, de la, chamillionaire, common, lumiere brothers, kweli, john coltrane, mary j. blige, busta, d'angelo, sade, bg
godfather parts 1 and 2, being there, deer hunter, ocean drifters, buffalo '66, indiana jones, back to the future, clifford, scarface. others probably.
south park, strangers with candy, the x-files, pete and pete, girlfriends, simpsons, roseanne, shows about mummies and beauty pageants i like tv
zora neale hurston, richard wright, confederacy of dunces, ian mcewan, donna tartt, arthur koestler, jm koetzee, shadow of the wind, push, bessie head, dostoevsky, however he spells that, tolstoy, chekhov, and cant stop wont stop reading in general
joseph campbell, clara bow, shawn carter, donna tartt, joseph white, mary j blige, the sedaris family