This Black History Month, we’re exploring the many facets of what family means, and this week’s focus hinges on the families that don’t share DNA but are integral no less. Chosen families manifest in many ways, with few more essential and beautiful than those of LGBTQ communities. To help soundtrack the celebration, rising singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun guest-curates a wide-ranging playlist of LGBTQ artists who have gifted the world with so much as well as songs that have arisen from chosen families. Included is Tracy Chapman’s “Baby Can I Hold You”, which, for Oladokun, is a burst of much positivity. “This is a queer woman singing a pop love ballad—it’s a unicorn,” Oladokun tells Apple Music. “I appreciate a good song about longing with a killer chorus, and Tracy does all those things so well. I think she’s so good at conveying emotion in her vocals alone. I think people will feel a little hope listening to this one.” Elsewhere, she highlights Atlanta collective Spillage Village’s “Ea’alah (Family)”. “This song is a blend of genres—hip-hop over this folk Laurel Canyon guitar. It’s Black people singing and rapping about generational wealth in a really inspiring way,” Oladokun says. “Songs like this are so important to Black people right now, because we need to remind ourselves that we can build for ourselves and for future generations. During a time when so much is taken from Black people, ‘Family’ reminds us to take it one step at a time.” If you hear something you like, be sure to save it to your library.