Michelle Yuen

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Black Lives Matter, we're highlighting four Black and Asian singers whose artistry speaks to their mixed identities.

Pop Smoke, Juice WRLD, and Nipsey Hussle were all trailblazers in their own right and each turned to music as a way to lift themselves — and others — to greater heights. Though their deaths came too soon, data shows that only the forgotten are truly dead.

A new generation of Black Country artists proudly carry on the American Country music tradition. We cover Mickey Guyton's Spotify, radio, and Instagram data to better understand where she's going.