Steven William Victor (born September 6, 1980) is an American record executive, talent manager, music publisher, andA&R representative.

He is chief executive officer (CEO) of Victor Victor Worldwide, a record label and management agency he founded in 2016. The year prior, he was appointed as the chief creative officer (CCO) ofKanye West'sGOOD Music, and also in 2016, the senior vice president of A&R atUniversal Music Group—through which he reports directly to chairmanSir Lucian Grainge.^[1] The following year, he was named Head of A&R atDef Jam Recordings, although he departed in 2019 to return to Universal.^[2][3]

Victor was born on September 6, 1980, in theBrooklyn borough ofNew York City, where he was also raised.^[3] He grew up in a multi-family home with his parents and older sister, along with his father's brother and sister's families.^[4] He attendedMorehouse College inAtlanta from 1998 to 2002, where he graduated with abachelor's degree in English and Psychology.^[1][5]

Victor began his career in 2003 with an unpaidinternship as a publicist atInterscope Records, to which he was later promoted to publicity assistant in 2004, working inpublic relations for six years.^[1][3][4] During his tenure at Interscope, he met American rapper and record executivePusha T, which at the time was one-half of thehip hop duoClipse. He formed a mutual relationship with Pusha, becoming thepublicist and manager for Clipse, and later solely for him.^[6]

In late 2015, Pusha T becamepresident ofGOOD Music, and appointed Victor asChief operating officer of the label as his first course of action.^[7] In late 2016, he was appointed SVP of A&R atUniversal Music Group, while simultaneously holding his position at GOOD.^[8] He also began managingTyga,The-Dream, andDesiigner during this time, the latter of whom was signed by Victor to GOOD andDef Jam Recordings.^[1] In November of that year, he founded his own record label and music publishing company,Victor Victor Worldwide as a joint venture with Universal.^[9][10]

In October 2017, he was named EVP & Head of A&R at Def Jam, reporting to then-CEOPaul Rosenberg and replacing his position as SVP of A&R at Universal.^[11][12][13] In August 2019, he left Def Jam and transitioned back to his previous position at Universal, focusing on his label's joint venture with them.^[14]

Victor Victor Worldwide Inc.^[15] (formerly d/b/a asVictor Victor Records^[16] or simplyVictor^[17]) is an Americanrecord label andmusic publishing company founded by Victor in New York City on November 3, 2016.^[18] It is a joint venture withUniversal Music Group that allows signees to enter contracts with labels under theUniversal umbrella, although Victor Victor's releases have predominantly been throughRepublic Records. The label also has a similar joint venture structure withUniversal Music Publishing Group for its publishing entity.^[14][19]

Victor Victor is best known for having signed late American rapperPop Smoke, as well as rappersSki Mask the Slump God andPusha T; the former two were signed in conjunction with Republic Records. The label has also signed record producers 16yrold,CashMoneyAP, andYoungKio (withCash Gang) with UMPG.^[20] Former notable artists signed to the label include American rapperD Savage—who was signed to Victor Victor and Republic in 2017, and later jointly withCapitol Records andVirgin Music before his 2019 departure—as well as rappersSummrs andAutumn.^[21][22][23]

Victor Victor also runs the management firm William Victor Management Group which has managed artists such as Pusha T, The-Dream, CashMoneyAP, and 16yrold, among others.^[11] A majority of the artists signed to the label are managed by the firm itself.^[24]

In June 2020, the label launched the Victor Victor Foundation, a philanthropic initiative which Victor himself has donated US$1 million towards in startup; Victor also donated $25,000 to the "Fund for Public Schools", anonprofit organization in New York City.^[25][26]

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