Eyeconic

a close-up portrait of a young man with short, neatly parted hair, wearing a white t-shirt. He has a thoughtful expression with one eye closed or squinting and facial hair along his jawline and upper lip.

Born in Poland, raised in ‘Boro, based in Newcastle, Eyeconic (Samuel Mocarski to his mum) is a big hip-hop talent that’s been honing his style for a few years now. With a smooth flow and a way with slow jam tunes (hints of trap and grime) and with plenty of support from the Tyneside boom bap scene and the likes of BBC Introducing and Radio 1, it can’t be long till Eyeconic busts out of the North East and makes a splash nationally. He’s that good. (Lee Fisher)