Music:
Beneath the Surface Rap, All Brazilian (except Forro - Forro is wack), Jazz, Blues, Classic Rock, Reggae/Dub)
Heroes:
Kwame Ture, Malcolm X, Langston Hughes, Thurgood Marshall, Allen Iverson, Ernie Barnes, Ralph Ellison, Barbara Lee, Mom Dukes. All folks who do their thing when it's not easy and bravely walk the path less traveled.