Quentin “Q” Cuff is well-known around campus for his photograph on the side of Point Park University’s shuttles, pamphlets, billboards and other paraphernalia.The junior sport, arts and entertainment management major is also the manager for Pittsburgh’s youngest rapping sensation, Mac Miller. “I was just the kid on the side of the shuttle,” Cuff said. “Now, I’ve added onto my resume a little bit.”He grew up in Pittsburgh with an aspiration to write. After graduating from Central Catholic High School, he enrolled at Point Park as a journalism major.During his freshman year, Cuff interviewed American rapper Asher Rother and B.o.B for The Globe. He said it changed his life.  “[Asher Roth’s] a funny guy,” Cuff said. “That interview sparked something in me, and I knew I wanted to be in the music business.”Scott Braun, the manager Roth and pop singer Justin Bieber, called Cuff after the interview and praised him for his knowledge of hip-hop. He also asked Cuff for a favor: to promote Roth’s unreleased song, “I Love College.” “I was telling people about the song and one day it just went No. 12 on the Billboard charts,” Cuff said enthusiastically. “I was ‘man, I really want to get into that business. It seems like they’re making a lot of money’.” After the interview, Cuff thought it was “appropriate” to switch his major from journalism to sport, arts and entertainment with a “lighter workload.” “I still write periodically for a few hip-hop websites,” Cuff said. “But this is my life. I travel and I go to shows.”Miller attended Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh. Miller met Cuff at a Party at Central Catholic High School, where Cuff attended, during his junior year “I went to a party a while ago and he was there,” Miller said. “He let me borrow a shirt because some girl spilled stuff on it.”Miller recognized Cuff’s popularity with local and big-time hip-hop artists. “He showed a lot of interest in the music business,” Miller said. “I saw he was working with Jenesis Magazine and doing a lot of interviews, so I hit him up on Facebook.”Cuff and Miller felt a mutual respect for each other and their dedication to hip-hop. “The first time we hung out, we listened to four hip-hop albums and just talked about our whole lives,” Cuff said. After getting to know each other, Cuff became a part of the Mac Miller production team. Miller’s photographer, Bill Niels, saw the increasing interest for Miller’s music and the need for a bigger team. “Q came around at the right time,” Niels said. “He was just perfect for Mac.” At the time, Cuff was still a freshman learning the ropes of the hip-hop industry. “It didn’t initially start with him being a manager,” Miller said. “He just wanted to be involved. We just started talking and building and then I realized that he would be a good person for [a managerial] position.”Now Cuff’s days begin with a shower, an e-mail check and run to Panera Bread.”If we have a show, [Mac, a crew of 0 and myself] usually get on the road and get to the show,” Cuff said. “If not, we just go to the studio in Lawrenceville and record.”On Friday, Nov. 12 Mac Miller played his second show at the Irish Centre of Pittsburgh, located at 6886 Forward Ave. Cuff hectically juggled his responsibilities of clearing the parking lot for Miller’s crew, resolving guest list issues and tending to Miller’s needs. “I’m a really carefree type [of guy]. I’m just kind of laid back and chill,” Miller said. “I’ve been like that since I can remember. The best thing about Q is that he helps me keep all of my stuff together.”Although Cuff always appears to be on his game and doing his job well, there are a lot of issues he faces because of his young age. A couple of months ago Miller and Cuff went to meet with Barry Weiss, the producer of Jive Records, to discuss potentially signing Miller.”He didn’t even acknowledge my presence in the room,” Cuff said recalling the situation with frustration. “He talked to Mac and then came up to me and asked who I was. I’m a nice guy so I was like, ‘Hey, I’m Quentin’ and he was like, ‘Oh, homeboy manager.'”Shortly after, Cuff took the unnecessary insult as a push to make himself bigger and better.”Since then, I started calling my management operation Homeboy Management,” Cuff said proudly. “One day, Homeboy Management will be just as big as Barry Weiss is.”Another tough issue to tackle is being a full-time student and a full-time manager. Cuff started missing weeks of school at a time. It was tough for him to ask his professors to send large amounts of homework for him to complete while on the road.”For the most part, I’ve been able to keep up with that,” Cuff said.He persistently discouraged the idea of leaving school to make an attempt in the overwhelming music world. “Go hard at school. I was just one that wanted to go hard in this,” Cuff said. “I’m a full-time student, but I call myself a part-time student because this is my job, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.”He and Miller consider themselves “lucky” to be friends and have a manager/artist relationship.”Mac is just a really good guy. He’s honestly one of my best friends,” Cuff said. “That’s why this is a rare thing when it happens.”Cuff does not regret anything he has done or is doing.”The sky is the limit,” Cuff said smiling ear to ear. “You can really do anything you want. Right now this is what I want to do. That’s why I like it. It is genuinely what I want to do with my life. Not many people get to do that.”