Music:
Hip-Hop, R&B, Jazz, and some interest in other genre as long as you can see the artist passion for their craft.
Movies:
Do the Right Thing, Bamboozeled, Malcolm X, School Daze,....notice a theme.
Television:
Sports, Sapranos, Big Love, and those silly shows on VH1
Books:
Walter Mosely novels, I'm reading the Isis Papers now, and sports magazines
Heroes:
My parents and My son