n 2008, at 17 years old, Ugo Mozie packed his left his hometown of Houston for St. John's University in Queens, N.Y. But over the next two years, he gained his most vital education outside the classroom. By age 19, he had interned at Virgin Records, started a fashion label and signed his first celebrity clients, singers Dawn Richard (a former protege of P. Diddy) and Teyana Taylor—both via Twitter.
