Reddit app. Every day at work i read it, there is always crap there to kill time with, it is awesome. I think before that one, I always used the cracked app for funny articles
My trick? Just tell them what they want to hear, be like ok, yeah, your right, then get out of the room when you get a chance. It won't exactly fix your relationship with your mother but you guys will not argue anymore
You just gotta check out underground hip-hop, Immortal Technique and Diabolic are good to start off with. Otherwise, nothing is better than Nas' Illmatic