Ari Lennox

Courtney Shanade Salter, born April 26, 1991 also known professionally as Ari Lennox, hails from Washington, D.C. and is the first female artist to be signed with J. Cole's Dreamville Records label. In October of 2016, Ari Lennox released her EP Pho. The EP was where she received recognition. Shea Butter Baby is her debut album. The album was released on May 19, 2019. Ari Lennox released her music to the internet in 2012 after she released her the Five Finger Discount mixtape and Ariography EP in 2013. In 2014, she dropped additional music on the internet including Bound. The 21st of July, 2015 was the day Omen featured her on his album Elephant Eyes with the track Sweat It Out. J. Cole asked her to join him in collaboration for Rihanna's remark. Then, later in the calendar, her songs circulated around Dreamville. On December 28, 2008 it was revealed that Rihanna was hired with Dreamville Records. Backseat was a track she co-wrote with Cozz to record the collaboration album Revenge of the Dreamers II. The 21st of October, 2016 the debut EP of Ari Lennox was released, titled Pho. Ari Lennox appeared in J. Cole's Change track and also opened her own tour, the 4 Your Eyez Only Tour 2017. In 2018, Ari Lennox performed on two tracks with EarthGang, on Nothing but the Best, and Bas on Icarus. The debut album of Ari Lennox Shea Butter Baby was released on July 16, 2018. The first single, called Whipped Cream The album's first single, Whipped Cream came out the 5th of September, 2018 and featured a an accompanying music video. In November, she released her singles 40 Shades of Choke & Grampa. On the 13th of November two singles, titled One and Pedigree. One and Pedigree. Shea Butter Baby is a track she sang with Cole for Creed II's soundtrack on the 16th of November. It then came out as a standalone single in February 2019 to coincide with her debut album. The song was followed by an accompanying music video that debuted in February 20th, 2019, and it surpassed the milestone of 3 million views on YouTube within its first seven days. In December of 2018, she was part of the From East Atlanta With Love Tour that featured 6LACK.