Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter, born on March 26, 1991 and professionally referred to as Ari Lennox, hails from Washington, D.C. and is the first female artist to sign with J. Cole's Dreamville Records label. On October 21, 2016, she released Pho, her first EP under the Dreamville Records label. It was at this point that she began to gain the attention of her peers. Shea Butter Baby, her debut studio album, debuted on the 7th of May, 2019. Ari Lennox began uploading her tracks to the Internet in 2012 after she dropped her mixtape debut Five Finger Discount, and her debut EP Ariography in 2013. The year 2014 saw her continue to share her music over the web, including her own released single Bound. The song Sweat it part of Omen's Elephant Eyes album, which was released on July 21 2015. J. Cole was interested in her talents and was keen to collaborate together with Rihanna. On December 28, 2008 the news was made public that Rihanna had signed with Dreamville Records. Backseat was the