Martin; Waiting to Exhale; Michael Jordan; Hootie & the Blowfish; House Party; low-alcohol beer; The Arsenio Hall Show; Family Matters; the Million Man March; Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg; Boyz n the Hood; Mary J. Blige; Living Single; Tae Bo; the Los Angeles riots of 1992; and In Living Color.