The creator narrates the origin story of 11th & Co., the first all-Black women-owned and operated music management firm, using a montage of photos. He introduces the founder, Ebonie Ward, and her vision, then profiles the key executives—the CMO, CFO, Head of A&R, Chief Legal Advisor, and EVP of Tour Marketing—explaining their backgrounds and how they joined the team. The creator concludes by highlighting the company's philanthropic non-profit, 'A Seat at the Table,' which supports young women attending HBCUs.
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Episode #5 of Women Behind The Scenes Series were highlighting Dem @11thand.co Girls! Ebonie Ward ( @ebsdaboss )built the first all-Black-owned and operated management group in music history. Future, Gunna, Flo Milli, DDG. Names everybody knows.
But nobody builds something this big alone.
A first hire in 2013 who became her right hand. A friendship with a DJ that turned into a sisterhood — now leading A&R for their own label. A stylist she met on a shoot in 2016 who now shapes the visual identity for every artist on the roster. A CFO who promised her “get it together and call me” — and moved cities to keep that promise. A lawyer who’s stood in front of every obstacle since day one.
Different lanes. Never traditionally in the same room. Now running an empire together.
And it doesn’t stop at the deals — through A Seat at the Table, they send 11 girls to HBCUs every single year, tuition paid, so the next generation gets a seat too.
Nobody hands you a table like this. You build it. Then you make sure it’s big enough for everybody who’s coming next.
These are Dem 11th & Co girls.
Let us know how this one hit you in the comments 👇 and tag somebody you’re building your own table with.
Transcript
DDG just had another successful hit a thon series and made an album in real time for us to watch. So we gotta highlight them eleventh no co girls who helped bring this all to life. Eleventh to no is the first all black woman owned and operated management firm in music history with the client list of superstars tier Future, Gunna, DDG, Flo Milli, and they're even going into the sports world. Their mission is to create real opportunity for talent that the industry has always overlooked. But greatness like this takes a team. Ebony Ward is the founder and CEO of Levitt and No who started her career in music managing future early on, but she knew she wanted to build something bigger than herself. Levitt and Co came together when Ebony watched women who look just like her get put in rooms built to fill. So she built a different one and named it for the collective. She brought in women who'd never traditionally worse together like finance, law, fashion, and sound and gave each one of them full ownership of their own lane. The idea was simple. There's room for more than one seat at the table. Jenna Tyson is a chief marketing officer who met Ebony in 2016 on a Drake and Future set as a stylist assistant. Jenna has a costume design background. She's worked on Beyonce's tour, the show Power, and even helped build Flo Milli's visual identity. I'm talking about the album packaging concept, the Gucci show, the Coachella set with Emilio Pucci. She now leads merchandise across the entire roster. Alexandra Kendall is a chief financial officer who met Ebony in college being sorority tier. And in 2013, Ebony was telling her about a company she wanted to build. At the time, Alex was an accountant on Capitol Hill, but told Ebony, once you get everything in order, give me a call and I'll be your CFO. Years better, that call came and she moved from DC to Atlanta to build up the financial side. We got DJ Osh, head of a and r operations, but before she ever stepped in a boardroom, she was on tour with two nine and Michael made it. What started out as friendship became sisterhood and when eleventh no co was created, Ebony needed somebody who understood sound and culture from the inside, not a spreadsheet. Now that they're building out ninth house records, Osh has taken that same ear she used to read the dance floors to finding the next superstar. We also have Zita r Rank, who's the chief legal advisor and also another HBCU graduate. She's been with Ebony since day one, and she's also the one who stands in front of every obstacle thrown their way. Zita is the one leading the legal side as a company continuously expands. Last better definitely not least, we have Krishna Lee, who's the executive vice president of tour marketing. Krishna actually started as Ebony's assistant and found a real passion in travel logistics. She now runs in touring for the entire Ross. The mission doesn't stop at the deals. Through a seat at the table, their nonprofit, they send 11 girls to HBCUs every single year. Tuition paid, internship pipeline, turning opportunity into a real career path. Ebony said it herself. Her greatest accomplishment is tier nonprofit, a seat at the table. And I'm excited to personally see how big they could take this and how many women they can impact. Every seat at this table was earned before the company had a name people knew. Now they're making sure the next generation gets one too. Let me know you feel about this in the comments and as always tag rank share somebody building with.
