Music:
Reggae, hip-hop, riddims, rock, reggaeton, merengue, salsa, and everything else except country.
Movies:
Pulp Fiction, Citizen Kane, Silence of the Lambs, City of God, Napoleon Dynamite, Goodfellas, Memento, Jurassic Park, Closer, Shutter, and many, many more.
Television:
The Amazing Race, The Apprentice, 48 Hours, The Office, The Simpsons and Family Guy.
Books:
Memorias De Mis Putas Tristes, The Power of Now, The Red Dragon series, One hundred Years of Solitude, and Vivir Para Contarla. Anything by Garcia Marquez.
Heroes:
Anyone who's come from nothing, and turn their lives into something.