Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter, born on March 26, 1991 and professionally referred to by the name Ari Lennox, hails from Washington, D.C. and was the first female to be signed for J. Cole's Dreamville Records label. On October 21, 2016 she dropped Pho, her debut EP under the Dreamville Records label. This was when she gained her first the attention of her peers. Her debut studio album Shea Butter Baby was released on May 7 2019. Ari Lennox has uploaded her music on the internet since 2012 following the release of her debut mixtape "Five Finger Discount" and her EP Ariography. The year 2014 saw her release more music via the Internet including Bound. Sweat It is part of Omen's Elephant Eyes album, which was released on July 21, 2015. J. Cole had her sing her songs in the direction of his Dreamville Team later that year, as he wanted Rihanna to work alongside her on some of the songs. The 8th of December was the day she announced that she was officially signed by Dreamville Records. She made an appearance on the collaborative album Revenge of the Dreamers II featuring the track Backseat Cozz. In October 21st, 2016 her debut EP was released under the name Pho. Ari Lennox was a guest on J. Cole's Change, and she performed as part of The 4 Your Eyez Only Tour as opening act. In 2018, she was able to guest feature on two tracks with her labelmates EarthGang on Nothing but the Best and Bas on Icarus. The debut album of Ari Lennox Shea Butter Baby was released on the 16th of July, 2018. The album's first single, called Whipped Cream The album's first single, Whipped Cream came out September 5, 2018 with an accompanying music video. In November, she dropped two more singles called 40 Shades of Choke and Grampa. Then, in November 2013, she released her debut album No One and Pedigree. Shea Butter Baby is a track she sang with Cole for Creed II's soundtrack on the 16th of November. It was then released as a standalone single in February of 2019 to coincide with the release of her debut album. The song, launched with a music video uploaded to YouTube February 20, 2019 was watched more than 3 million times in the first 7 days. As a support act She toured in concert with 6LACK during December 2018 on their From East Atlanta With Love Tour.
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