Ari Lennox

Courtney Shanade Salter, born on March 26, 1991 often referred to professionally under the other name Ari Lennox, hails from Washington, D.C. and is the first female artist to sign with J. Cole's Dreamville Records label. On October 21, 2016 she dropped Pho, her debut EP under the Dreamville Records label. It was at this point that she began to gain recognition. The album that she released as her debut studio album Shea Butter Baby was released on May 7, 2019. Ari Lennox began uploading her tracks to the Internet in 2012 after she dropped her debut mixtape Five Finger Discount, and her debut EP Ariography in 2013. In 2014, she dropped additional music on the internet including Bound. In July of 2015, Omen featured her on his album Elephant Eyes in the song Sweat it Out. J. Cole, who was part of the Dreamville crew back then and wanted her to work on Rihanna and Rihanna-related songs. In December 2008, the news was made public that Rihanna had hired to Dreamville Records. Backseat was her contribution for The Revenge of the Dreamers II album. In October 21, 2016, she dropped her debut EP called Pho. Ari Lennox was a guest on J. Cole's Change and also performed on her own 4 Your Eyez Only Tour as an opening artist. She also appeared in the music videos Nothing but the Best by EarthGang and Icarus together with Bas, her labelmates. On the 16th of July in 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. On the 9th of November she dropped two more singles, forty Shades of Choke as well as Grampa. In November 2013 she dropped No One and Pedigree. Shea Butter Baby. Shea Butter Baby then made an appearance on the Creed II album soundtrack alongside Cole. She dropped this single to promote her debut titled Creed II on 26 February 2019. The song, made available with a video uploaded to YouTube 20 February 2019 has been watched over 3 million times in the first 7 days. In December 2018 she was performing as a support act on From East Atlanta With Love Tour. From East Atlanta With Love Tour in conjunction with 6LACK.