Ari Lennox

Courtney Shanade Salter, also called Ari Lennox, a Washington, D.C.-based American singer/songwriter, was signed as Dreamville Records' debut female singer on Dreamville Records by J. Cole. She released her first EP on the label on October 21 2016 titled Pho where she gained notoriety. Shea Butter Baby is her debut album. It was released in May 2019. Ari Lennox uploaded her music to the internet in 2012 after she released her Five Finger Discount mixtape and Ariography EP in 2013. Ari Lennox continued to post her music online including her self-released single Bound. Sweat It is part of Omen's Elephant Eyes album which dropped on July 21, 2015. J. Cole had her submit her tracks to the Dreamville Team later that year because he was hoping for Rihanna to be able work together on a few references. On the 8th of December, it was announced that she was contracted to Dreamville Records. Backseat was a track she co-wrote with Cozz to record the collaboration album Revenge of the Dreamers II. On the 21st of October in 2016, her Pho EP was released. Ari Lennox later appeared on J. Cole's track Change and was an opening act on the 4 Your Eyez Only Tour in 2017. She also appeared in two songs, with EarthGang's Nothing but the Best song and Bas's Icarus. Ari Lennox's first album Shea Butter Baby was released on 16 July 2018. The first single, called Whipped Cream of the album came out in September 5th, 2018, accompanied by a a music video. On November 9 she released two additional singles titled 40 Shades of Choke and Grampa. Then on November 13 two new singles titled The No One and Pedigree. She then appeared on the Creed II soundtrack with Cole on a track titled Shea Butter Baby on November 16 and released as a single on the 26th of February, 2019, for her debut album of the same name. This track, which was launched with a music video on YouTube 20 February 2019 was watched more than 3 million times in the first 7 days. In December 2018, she was part of the From East Atlanta With Love Tour featuring 6LACK.