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Anthony Saleh, the present manager of Nas, Future and YG, grew up with intentions on being an engineer until an encounter with Nas changed it all.

Shade 45 Talent Manager and Hip-Hop Nation Program Director Reggie Hawkins dishes out some advice for future radio programmers.

Plus One: Brian Dackowski
Title: VP of Marketing at Atlantic Records
Words Miranda Johnson
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Summer 2015 issue of XXL Magazine featuring our 2015 XXL Freshman Class. Check out everything from our Freshman issue right here...

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Plus One: Mr. Flawless
Title: Jeweler
Words Roger Krastz
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2014 issue of XXL Magazine.
Over the years, hip-hop has helped make many jewelers famous, and now it’s Mr. Flawless’ time to shine...

Plus One: Eif Rivera
Title: Music Video Director
Words Miranda Johnson
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the October/November 2014 issue of XXL Magazine.
Eif Rivera has carefully crafted himself into one of the current go-to video directors in hip-hop, but funny enough, he…