i'd love to have a chocolate chip cookie right now
positive, progressive, independent and open-minded people, and the genius who invented odwalla mango tango juice
Rich Medina, DJ Spinna, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Nina Simone, Gil Scott-Heron, Labelle, Minnie Riperton, George Benson, Donny Hathaway, Level 42, Sting, Osunlade, Kenny Dope, Louie Vega, Tato Torres y YERBABUENA, Eddie Palmieri & the Harlem River Drive, Mongo Santamaria, Nicola Conte, Red Astaire, Syreeta Wright, Air (Embryo Records), DJ Sucio Smash, DJ Eli, DJ Eclipse, DJ Lord Sear, DJ Citizen Kane, DJ Roc Raida, DJ Premier, DJ Pete Rock, DJ Stretch Armstrong, Large Professor, Nas, Organized Konfusion, Public Enemy, Kool G. Rap, Common, the Roots, Treacherous Three, Run DMC, Ultra Mag, De La, Bran Nubian, Sy Smith, Nadirah Shakoor, Jill Scott, Patato y Totico, dead prez, Soul Searchers, James Brown, Antibalas, Daktaris, Myriam Makeeba, Hugh Masekela, Tony Allen, Fela, Jamiroquia, Brand New Heavies, Sade, Angie Stone, Donnie, D'Angelo, Dwele, Platinum Pied Pipers, Jon Lucien, Jiva, Build An Arc, Sharon Jones, Mos Def, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Chumbo Silva, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool Herc, Giles Peterson, Mad Mats, DJ Typhoon, Candela Recordings (Viejo San Juan), Lenar/Soul Fire Records, Cymande, Baby Huey, Black Heat, Lenny Kravitz, Incognito, Jhelisa, Ubiquity Records, Tru Thoughts Records, Kajmere Records, Reel People, Jag, De Lata, 4hero, Sean Escroffrey, Yoruba Records, GAMM Records, Raw Fusion Records, Stones Throw Records, ABB Records, Choklate, Motionlab, Randy Watson Experience
"Yo Soy Boricua!" (documentary), "Palante, Siempre Palante!" (documentary), "Dave Chapelle's Block Party," "Hoosiers," "One on One," "Hoop Dreams," "And 1 Mixtape Vol. 1," "Coach Carter," "Sunset Park," "Style Wars," "Wildstyle," "Freshest Kids," "Freestyle," "Breath Control," "The Battle of Algiers," "Motorcycle Diaries," "Raising Victor Vargas," "Central Station," "City of God," "Black Orpheus (the original)," "Buena Vista Social Club," "Y Tu Mama Tambien," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Jails, Hospitals, & Hip Hop: The Movie," "Il Postino," "Hair," "Planet of the Apes," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon," "Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3," "Prison Song," "Eddie Murphy's Raw," "Volver," "East of Havana," "Bling," "Bella," "Gunnin' For That #1 Spot," "La Misma Luna," "Maldeamores"
"It's the Shoes," "And 1's Streetball," "Summerball," "Global Invasion," not a TV person at all other than the shows i've worked on.
"Albizu Campos/Puerto Rican Revolutionary," "Where'd You Get Those? New York City's Sneaker Culture 1960-1987," "All About Love," "The Kite Runner," "The Alchemist," "Siddhartha," "Heaven Is A Playground," "The In-Your-Face Basketball Book," "Big Game, Small World," "When I Was Puerto Rican," "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life," "Subway Art"
Ramona Eliza Garcia-Zayas-Ortiz y Ramon Garcia-Ortiz (RIP), Pedro Albizu Campos (PR Revolutionary-RIP), Roberto Clemente (PR Baseball Legend and Activist-RIP), Stevie Wonder, Earl "The Goat" Manigualt (Playground Basketball Legend-RIP), Crazy Legs, Rich Medina, Rosie Perez, Richie Perez (PR Activist-RIP), Rita Moreno (PR Actress, first entertainer to ever win a Tony, Grammy, Emmy, and Oscar), Gordon Parks, and You (for reading this far!)