XXL: Shot Callers

XXL’s Shot Callers. Conversations with hip-hop’s power players. Music journalist and XXL contributor Sowmya Krishnamurthy gives you an exclusive look into the influential leaders, executives and personalities behind your favorite artists. Love hip-hop? These are the movers and shakers that every fan needs to know. Hip-hop is all about the multiple hustles and no one wears more hats than Steve Carless a.k.a. Steve-O (@SteveCarless) As a talent manager and SVP of A&R and Artist Relations at Universal Music Group, Steve worked his way up from the bottom to collaborate with artists like Jeezy, Dave East and Nipsey Hussle.