Malcolm X, Martin Luther King jr.,Tupac,Nas & Kelis( but for different reasons),Jay-z,Mos Def,Dave Chappelle,Rachel True,Morgan Freeman,Wu-Tang clan,Forest whitaker,sweet rosario dawson,spike lee,Kanye West,quentin tarantino,robert singer,sam raimi,alan moore,neil gaiman,the entire cast of miami ink,common,talib kwali,outkast,goodie mob,Jill Marie Jones,katsushika hokusai,alphonse mucha,stan lee,John Lennon,reginald hudlin,aaron mcgruder,shinichiro watanabe,jerry seinfeld,denzel washington,leonardo divinci,prince,jimi hendrix,Takashi Murakami,Lauryn Hill; circa 1999-2001,miles davis,Ernie Barnes,jim morrison,dwayne mcduffie,stephen king,God,Miya Bailey,russell simmons,Katsuhiro Otomo,alfred hitchcock,and Sergio Leone. All of these people have excelled in their perspective fields and have inspired me in some way,shape or form.