Ari Lennox

Courtney Shanade Salter, aka Ari Lennox, was born in Washington, D.C. on the 26th of March in 1991. She is an American musician and singer. She was the first artist to be signed by J. Cole to his record label Dreamville Records. In October 21st, 2016 she dropped Pho, her debut EP under the Dreamville Records label. It was at this point that she first gained recognition. Shea Butter Baby, her debut album, was released on the 7th of 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. Ari Lennox continued to upload her songs online throughout 2014 and released her own single Bound. In the year 2015, she performed in Omen's Elephant Eyes Album, which came out on the 21st July. it out on 21st July. J. Cole asked her to collaborate with him for Rihanna's reference. Later in the year, her music was circulating all over Dreamville. The 8th of December was the day she announced that she was contracted to Dreamville Records. Backseat was the result of her participation to The Revenge of the Dreamers II album. On October 21, 2016 the debut EP of Ari Lennox was released under the name Pho. Ari Lennox then appeared as the opening act on behalf of J. Cole on his song Change in 2017. She also was a part of the 4 Your Eyez Only Tour. The year 2018 saw Ari Lennox performed on two tracks with EarthGang and EarthGang, on Nothing but the Best, as well as Bas on Icarus. Ari Lennox debuted her first single from Shea Butter Baby, Whipped Cream on July 16, 2018. A music video followed by a music video in September. In November, she dropped her singles 40 Shades of Choke & Grampa. On the 13th of November two singles titled The No One and Pedigree. They then teamed up as a guest on the Creed II soundtrack with Cole on a track entitled Shea Butter Baby on November 16, and it was released as a single on the 26th of February, 2019, for her debut album the same title. A music video was released on 20 February 2019 to accompany the track. Within one period of a week, the video had more than 3,000,000 views. She was part of the 6LACK's From East Atlanta With Love Tour during December 2018.