Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker loves telling stories about the people who inspired him to run for office and help others.Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker. (Getty Images) However, according to National Review Online, one of his most famous inspirations, a Newark “drug lord” by the name of T-Bone, may be a “composite” of several different people.Translation: T-Bone may be the product of Booker’s imagination.