Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter (born March 26th, 1991) more popularly known as her stage title Ari Lennox is an American artist and singer hailing who hails from Washington, D.C. She is the first female artist affiliated with J. Cole's label Dreamville Records. On the 21st of October, 2016, she released Pho, her debut EP for the Dreamville Records label. It was at this point that she began to gain notoriety. Shea Butter Baby released her first album of studio work on 7 May 2019. Ari Lennox has been uploading her music since 2012, with the release of her first mixtape "Five Finger Discount" and her EP Ariography. The singer continued uploading her tracks online through 2014 and released her own single Bound. The track Sweat it is included on Omen's Elephant Eyes album which dropped on July 21, 2015. The following year, her music began to circulate throughout the Dreamville team as J. Cole wanted her to collaborate with him on some potential references to Rihanna. She was officially signed with Dreamville Records on 8 December. She was featured on the collaborative album Revenge of the Dreamers II on the track Backseat with Cozz. The 21st of October, 2016 her debut EP was released under the name Pho. Ari Lennox performed the song Change by J. Cole as well as being an opener on The 4 Your Eyez Only Tour 2017 in which she was accompanied by EarthGang. In 2018 she guest-starred on two tracks with her label-mates EarthGang for Nothing but the Best. and Bas in Icarus. Ari Lennox debuted her first single from Shea Butter Baby, Whipped Cream on 16 July 2018. A music video then released in September. The 9th of November saw her release two singles titled 40 Shades of Choke and Grampa. Then, in November 2013, she released No One as well as Pedigree. Shea Butter Baby. Shea Butter Baby then made an appearance on the Creed II album soundtrack alongside Cole. She dropped this track as a single in order to announce her debut album Creed II on 26 February 2019. The song, made available with a video on YouTube February 20, 2019 was watched more than 3 million times within the first seven days. In December of 2018, she was an opening act for the From East Atlanta With Love Tour with 6LACK.






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