I am an aficionado of both pop and fringe culture, I tend to champion the latter though.
People from all walks of life. Any anthropomorphic and sentient objects or animals from pop-culture obsessed 3D animation would be just fine too.
El-P, Mr. Lif, Cannibal Ox, De La Soul, ATCQ, Nas, Jay-Z, Saul Williams, Infectious Organisms, The Coup, Public Enemy, Aceyalone, Binary Star, Black Star, Dead Prez, Digable Planet, Souls of Mischief, The Roots, J-5, OutKast, Atmosphere, Brother Ali, my new fav. Soul Position, PHARCYDE, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, Dragon Ash, Wu-Tang Clan, Gravediggaz, RJD2, DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, Tha Blue Herb, Jedi Mind Tricks(before Ikon turned thug), Mobb Deep, Tupac, and the list goes on and on and on and you don't stop
Guillermo Del Toro (from his mainstream offerings to Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth), Quentin Tarantino, Chan-wook Park, David Fincher, Wes Anderson, Satoshi Kon, Alex Proyas (I, Robot is shit though), Sam Raimi, Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Oshii, John Carpenter, Luc Besson, James Cameron, Spielberg, some Takashi Miike, Peter Jackson, Charlie Kaufman (screenwriter), The Iron Giant, Blade Runner, Dark Crystal, Batman Begins, Children of Men, Aguirre, Wrath of God, 12 Monkeys, Pixar's animations (except for Cars), some of Clive Barker's films, my taste is eclectic but mostly I like the fantastical whether it be fantasy or sci-fi
Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Farscape, House, Freaks & Geeks, Heroes, Dexter, Arrested Development, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Gol & Gincu (yes, you read that right), Justice League Unlimited, Lost, The Tick, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Futurama, some Simpsons, miscellaneous anime series that don't induce eye-gouging.
Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Grant Morrison, Brian K. Vaughan, Kingdom Come, Sandman, Lucifer, Preacher, Fables, Black Hole, David Boring, The Walking Dead, La Perdida, Fun Home, anything with Batman in it.
Batman...no, really.