Greg Calloway

Who is Greg Calloway?

Greg Calloway is an American entrepreneur from the Washington, D.C. area who won the AOL and Warner Music Group online reality show, The Biz".

The Biz was the music business version of Donald Trump's television program The Apprentice. On The Biz, Warner Music Group Chairman and CEO of US Recorded Music, Lyor Cohen, called the shots. The Biz featured nine contestants vying for the top job and facing real-life music industry challenges under the watchful eye of Mr. Cohen, to find out what it takes to be the next music mogul. Along the way they worked with artists such as Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and Jason Mraz. They were advised by industry heavyweights such as Ahmet Ertegun, Jac Holzman, Kevin Liles, and Todd Moscowitz as they climbed the corporate ladder from intern to manager, director, Vice President and ultimately President.

After The Biz, Calloway founded a new venture called "Defient Entertainment". As head of Defient, he was featured on the cover of Billboard magazine, HipHopWeekly, Allhiphop.com, and Element magazine. Calloway introduced the movie American Gangster to Atlantic Records. Calloway intended to produce the film's soundtrack but was ultimately beat out by Jay-Z. Greg also helped developed talent that landed deals with Ti's label Grand Hustle/Atlantic Records, and Jazze Pha's imprint Sho Nuff. Calloway was featured in DJ Khaled's hit music video, I'm So Hood, along with T-Pain, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Plies, Cool and Dr. Dre, and Young Jeezy.