Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter, born on March 26, 1991 also known professionally by the name Ari Lennox, hails from Washington, D.C. and is the debut female to sign for J. Cole's Dreamville Records label. On the 21st of October, 2016 she dropped Pho, her first EP under the label Dreamville Records. It was at this point that she first gained notoriety. Shea Butter Baby, her debut studio album was released May 7, 2019. Ari Lennox has uploaded her music on the internet since 2012, with the release of her debut mixtape "Five Finger Discount" and her EP Ariography. In 2014, she released more music via the Internet including Bound. The song was included in Omen's Elephant Eyes as well as in Sweat It Out on July 21, 2015. J. Cole, who was part of the Dreamville crew back then was interested in having her work on Rihanna references. On the 8th of December, it was revealed that she had officially signed by Dreamville Records. Backseat is a track that she recorded alongside Cozz for the Revenge of the Dreamers II collaborative album. In October 21, 2016, she released her debut EP entitled Pho. Ari Lennox performed the song Change by J. Cole as well as being an opener on The 4 Your Eyez Only Tour 2017 in which she was joined by EarthGang. In 2018, she appeared as a guest performer on two songs with the EarthGang's Nothing but the Best song as well as Bas's Icarus. The 16th of July, 2018, Ari Lennox released the first single, Whipped Cream from her debut album Shea Butter Baby with an accompanying music video, which was released on September 5. In November, she dropped two singles, forty Shades of Choke & Grampa. On November 13, she released two additional singles titled No One or Pdigree. Shea Butter Baby. Shea Butter Baby then made an appearance as a guest on Creed II album soundtrack alongside Cole. The singer released the track as a single in order to announce her debut album Creed II on 26 February 2019. In February of 2019, her music video to the song was released. The track has garnered over three million YouTube views within a week. The singer was a part of the 6LACK's From East Atlanta With Love Tour at the end of December the year 2018.






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