Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter, born 26 March 1991 often referred to professionally by the name Ari Lennox, hails from Washington, D.C. and is the debut female to be signed by J. Cole's Dreamville Records label. Her first single was released for the label on Oct. 21st of 2016 with the title Pho. It was then that she began gaining recognition. Shea Butter Baby is her debut album. It came out in May 2019. Ari Lennox began posting her music to the internet in 2012 as she released her debut mixtape, Five Finger Discount and debut EP Ariography in 2013. Ari Lennox continued to upload her tracks online through 2014, with the release of her independent single Bound. In July of 2015, Omen featured her on his album Elephant Eyes with the track Sweat it Out. J. Cole, who was a member of the Dreamville crew at the time would like to see her work on Rihanna reference. The official signing ceremony was held with Dreamville Records on 8 December. She made an appearance on the album collaboratively ti