Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter, better known by her stage name of Ari Lennox, is an American musician and singer born in Washington, D.C., who was the first female to join J. Cole's Dreamville Records record label. On the 21st of October, 2016, she released Pho, her debut EP under the Dreamville Records label. It was at this point that she first gained notoriety. Shea Butter Baby released her first studio album on May 7, 2019. Ari Lennox first posted music online in 2012. She released her debut album Ariography and her mixtape debut in 2013 Five Finger Discount. In 2014 Ari Lennox released her own single Bound and her self-released mixtape Five Finger Discount. In 2015, she was featured in Omen's Elephant Eyes album on Sweat it out on July 21st. J. Cole was interested by her talent and was looking to use it in conjunction with Rihanna. On the 8th of December, it was confirmed that she had been contracted to Dreamville Records. The singer appeared on the joint album Revenge of the Dreamers II in the track Backseat featuring Cozz. The 21st of October, 2016 her debut EP was released, titled Pho. Ari Lennox appeared in J. Cole's Change song and opened her own tour, the 4 Your Eyez Only Tour 2017. She also appeared on the songs Nothing but the Best by EarthGang and Icarus together with Bas, her labelmates. Ari Lennox, on the 16th of July 2018 she released her debut single "Whipped Cream" from Shea Butter Baby. The music video for it was released on September 5th. Then, in November, she released the singles forty Shades of Choke & Grampa. Two singles more were released on the 11th of November Pedigree and No One. Shea Butter Baby is a track that she recorded together with Cole on Creed II's soundtrack on November 16th. It was then released as a stand-alone single in February of 2019 to coincide with the release of her debut album. The music video premiered on 20 February 2019 in conjunction with the song. Within the first time, it was viewed more than 3 million views. She was the supporting act for 6LACK on their From East Atlanta With Love Tour in December of 2018.
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