Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter, born April 26, 1991, and professionally referred to by the name Ari Lennox, hails from Washington, D.C. and was the first female to sign with J. Cole's Dreamville Records label. The first album she released with the label on October 21 of 2016, entitled Pho, and she began gaining recognition. Shea Butter Baby is her debut album. It was released in May of 2019. Ari Lennox began uploading her music to the Internet in 2012 after she dropped her first mixtape Five Finger Discount, and her debut EP Ariography in 2013. The singer continued uploading her music on the internet in 2014, including the independently-released single Bound. She appeared in Omen's Elephant Eyes which was released in Sweat It Out on 21 July 2015. Later that year her music began to circulate around the Dreamville team because J. Cole wanted her to work with him on some references for Rihanna. On December 8 it was reported that she had officially signed by Dreamville Records. In the a