Ari Lennox

Courtney Shanade Salter, born on March 26, 1991 often referred to professionally as Ari Lennox, hails from Washington, D.C. and was the first female to sign with J. Cole's Dreamville Records label. On the 21st of October, 2016 she debuted Pho, her debut EP for the Dreamville Records label. It was at this point that she began to gain recognition. Shea Butter Baby is her debut album. The album was released in May of 2019. Ari Lennox first released songs online in the year 2012. The singer released her debut album Ariography and debut mixtape in 2013 Five Finger Discount. The year 2014 saw Ari Lennox release her own single Bound along with her mixtape, which she released herself, Five Finger Discount. She was featured in Omen's Elephant Eyes as well as on Sweat It Out July 21st the 21st of July, 2015. J. Cole, who was part of the Dreamville crew at that time and wanted her to create Rihanna and Rihanna-related songs. The news was released on December 8 that she had signed with Dreamville Records. Backseat was a track she co-wrote with Cozz on the album collaboratively titled Revenge of the Dreamers II. In October 21, 2016, the artist released her debut album called Pho. Ari Lennox was a guest on J. Cole's Change, and she performed on her own 4 Your Eyez Only Tour as the opening act. In 2018, she appeared on two songs alongside her label-mates EarthGang to Nothing but the Best. Also, she appeared on Bas On Icarus. Ari Lennox dropped her first single Whipped Cream on Shea Butter Baby on July 16th. The music video was followed by a video in September. On the 9th of November 2018 the singer released two more singles, titled 40 Shades of Choke (and Grampa). The 13th of November, she released two more singles called One and Pedigree. One and Pedigree. Shea Butter Baby. Shea Butter Baby was then able to make appearances as a guest on Creed II album soundtrack alongside Cole. The singer released the track as a single to celebrate her debut album titled Creed II on 26 February 2019. In February of 2019, a music clip was made available for the track. It has already received over 3 million hits on YouTube within the debut week. She was one of the support acts for 6LACK on the From East Atlanta With Love Tour during December 2018.