Music:
Tribe Called Quest, Eric B. & Rakim, Mos Def, Common, Talib Kweli, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, Public Enemy, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Ramones, The Clash, Nina Simone, Sade, John Coltrane, New Edition, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, U2, Depeche Mode, Ray Charles, Cream, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye, Jay-Z, Outkast, Prince, Bloc Party, Zero 7, and lots of others
Movies:
Royal Tenanbaums, Rushmore, Rear Window, Notorious, Strangers on a Train, Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Mo Better Blues, The Departed, Raging Bull, Dog Day Afternoon, Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid, 2046, Chungking Express, Taxi Driver, The Great Dictator, The Deer Hunter, LA Confidential, Grindhouse, Dead Presidents, Heat, Se7en, The Usual Suspects, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, Boogie Nights, Pulp Fiction, Nine Queens, Coming to America, Ferris Bueller, Back to the Future, Best in Show, On the Waterfront, Raisin in the Sun, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Hustler, City of God, La Dolce Vita, Purple Noon, La Strada
Television:
Entourage!!! Simpsons, 24, Sopranos, Real Time with Bill Maher, Sportscenter, 60 Minutes, Dateline-To Catch a Predator (hilarious)!
Books:
Autobiography of Malcolm X, Invisible Man, Easy Riders and Raging Bulls.
Heroes:
God, my Grandmother, Sidney Poitier, Jackie Robinson, Spike Lee, and Gordon Parks