As a kid, the South Carolina native’s love of poetry grew into a passion for rapping, though nowadays Gabriel Jacoby’s more of a musical polymath. His yearning melodies on songs like “forever”—which spiked his Shazam volume following its release last October—channel the kind of heart-on-sleeve ’90s R&B you hear on throwback radio, with breezy instrumentation reminiscent of Frank Ocean. When he’s not playing guitar, he produces his own tracks (and directs his own music videos for good measure).