Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter (born March 26th, 1991) is better known under her stage name Ari Lennox is an American singer and songwriter from Washington, D.C. She is the first female artist affiliated with J. Cole's label Dreamville Records. She released her first EP with the label on October 21 2016 titled Pho where she began gaining notoriety. Shea Butter Baby, her debut album, was released on the 7th of May, 2019. Ari Lennox began uploading her music to the Internet in 2012, when she released her mixtape debut Five Finger Discount, and her debut EP Ariography in 2013. The year 2014 saw her continue to share her music over the internet, including her self launched single Bound. In the year 2015, she performed in Omen's Elephant Eyes album on Sweat it out on 21st July. Later that year her music was circulating around the Dreamville team as J. Cole wanted her to collaborate with him on some potential references to Rihanna. She was officially signed by Dreamville Records on 8 Dece