GREATEST: Steven Victor

Steven Victor is one of the music industry’s bonafide power players. Over two decades, his all-seeing eyes have set themselves upon a multitude of roles: chief operating officer of G.O.O.D Music; the head A&R position at Def Jam; and more recently, guiding his mammoth label, Victor Victor Worldwide. Had he not been exposed to life’s unabridged realities early on, none of it would have come about. Victor tells GOAT how his undergraduate years at Morehouse, an Atlanta HBCU, introduced him to everyday chaos. “You have to use your gut, your instincts and you got to persevere through things no matter how big or small,” he says. “Because no matter how perfect you think something’s supposed to be, there’s always going to be imperfections.”