Music:
Real Hip Hop (as in Kweli, Common, etc.), some rap (Nas, DMX back in the day, early Jay-Z), the blues (yaye Billie Holiday), dancehall, reggae, R&B, classical, some techno, alternative...yeah pretty much everything.
Movies:
'The Color Purple', 'Don't Be a Menace', 'Interview With a Vampire', 'Sankofa', and 'Bush Mamma'
Books:
'Invisible Man', 'The Prisoner's Wife', and "Liliane'
Heroes:
My Mom