Politics, religion, traveling, learning, food, music, movies, the usual.
Mumia abu-Jamal, Kofi Annan, Martin Luther King Jr, Alice Paul, Ghandi, Muhammed, Jesus, Buddha and many others.
I listen to: rap, hip hop, r&b, blues, jazz, classical, pop, rock (all types since I'm not informed enough to name them properly) raggeaton, raggea, dance hall, country, indian, spanish, tribal, african, asian etc. etc. etc. etc. Some bands I listen to: 2 live crew/ A Tribe Called Quest/ Alicia Keys/ Biggie/ Cormega/ India Arie/ D Block/ Project Pat/ Non Phixion/ Necro/ Tupac/ Atmosphere/ Pharcyde/ Anthony Hamilton/ Jill Scott/ Bob Marley/ Tech N9ne/ Pastor Troy/ Snoop Dogg/ Shyne/ Lauryn Hill/ Eve/ Queen Latifah/ Eric B and Rakim/ Jacka/ Mobb Deep/ The Roots/ Mos Def/ Common/ AKon/ Akhnoten/ People under the stairs/ Wu Tang/ TOK/ Won-G/ Baby Rasta/ Gringo/ Zion y Lennox/ Trick Daddy/ Dilated Peoples/ NERD/ Brian McKnight/ Tony Braxton/ MHZ/ Three Six Mafia/ Tag Team/ Too $hort/ Slum Village/ I-20/ Raekwon/ Sade/ Nas/ Silk E Fine/ Elephant Man/ Daniel Beddingfield/ Aqua/ A Perfect Circle/ Pearl Jam/ Jim Jones/ Cam'Ron/ Canibus/ Breaking Benjamin/ Michael Buble/ Savage Garden/ Pink/ Coheed and Cambria/ Frou Frou/ Staind/ Blink 182// Nsync/ 5ive/ Boys II Men/ Bijelo Dugme/ Ani Defranco/ Damien Rice/ Fallout Boy/ Nickel Creek/ Brad Paisley/ BB King/ The Temptations/ Kelly Clarkson/ Disney/ Aretha Franklin/ Taproot/ Tool/ Basically anything and everything
Indian movies, comedies, horror, action, Disney and some chick flicks.
On a Move- the Story of Mumia abu-Jamal, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Black Like Me, Like a Hole in the Head, Anything by Sylvia Browne, The Blue Bedspread, The DaVinci Code, The Shunning, The Stranger, They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky, Catch 22, The Color Purple, The Things they Carried, The Blind Fury, Blackgammon, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Heart of Darkness, etc.
I have people I love, look up to and couldn't live without but I don't consider anyone a hero. Just amazing people I have had the privilege and blessing of meeting.