Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter, born March 26, 1991, and professionally referred to as Ari Lennox, hails from Washington, D.C. and is the first female artist to be signed to J. Cole's Dreamville Records label. On October 21, 2016 she dropped Pho, her first EP for the Dreamville Records label. It was at this point that she began to gain recognition. Shea Butter Baby released her debut studio album on 7 May 2019. Ari Lennox has been uploading her music since 2012, with the debut mixtape "Five Finger Discount" and her EP Ariography. The year 2014 saw Ari Lennox continued posting her music online including her self-released single Bound. The 21st day of July, 2015, Omen was featured on Elephant Eyes' track Sweat It Out. J. Cole, who was part of the Dreamville team at the time, wanted to have her work on Rihanna references. It was announced on December 8, that she had signed with Dreamville Records. The singer appeared on the joint album Revenge of the Dreamers II featuring the track Backseat Cozz. In the month of October, she released her first EP Pho. Ari Lennox was a guest on J. Cole's Change, and she performed on her own 4 Your Eyez Only Tour as an opening performance. In 2018, Ari Lennox guested on two tracks with EarthGang and EarthGang, on Nothing but the Best, and Bas On Icarus. On July 16 2018 Ari Lennox released the first single, Whipped Cream of her album debut Shea Butter Baby with an accompanied music video on September 5. In November, she dropped her singles forty Shades of Choke & Grampa. The 13th of November, she came out with two additional singles, No One and Pedigree. Then she appeared on the Creed II soundtrack with Cole on the track Shea Butter Baby on November 16th. She released the single in February, 2019 for her debut album of the same title. It was released with the music video which debuted in February 20th, 2019, and it surpassed the milestone of 3 million views via YouTube in its first seven days. In December of 2018, she was a supporting act on From East Atlanta With Love Tour. From East Atlanta With Love Tour together with 6LACK.
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