As a first generation Vietnamese-American growing up in the Bay Area, thuy struggled to balance her parents’ traditional expectations with her own dreams of writing and recording music inspired by the early-aughts pop stars. Pop music prevailed. May is API Heritage month, so we’ve passed thuy the mic to find out how her story began.

On this episode of Spotify: Mic Check, Indigo Mateo, Richie Reseda, and Vic Mensa, hosts of the new Spotify Original podcast Abolition X, discuss how they introduce conversations that apply the principles behind the abolition movement to cultural issues ranging from housing to hip hop.

Go inside “Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure,” a major new exhibition of the groundbreaking New York artist’s work and cultural impact. You’ll hear from experts on Basquiat, and we talk to two people who knew him best, his sisters, who helped mount the exhibit and worked with Spotify to compile playlists to form a soundtrack to his life.