Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter, better known by her stage name of Ari Lennox, is an American musician and singer from Washington, D.C., who was the first woman to sign with J. Cole's Dreamville Records record label. The first single, Pho which was released on 21 October 2016 was released through Dreamville Records. Her career began to grow in notoriety. Shea Butter Baby released her first studio album 7 May 2019. Ari Lennox first released songs online in the year 2012. Her debut album Ariography and her mixtape debut in 2013, the mixtape Five Finger Discount. In 2014, she continued to share her music over the internet including her independently launched single Bound. On 21st of July 2015. Omen included her in Elephant Eyes song Sweat It Out. J. Cole had her submit her tracks in the direction of his Dreamville Team in the following year, as he wanted Rihanna to collaborate alongside her on some of the songs. On December 28, 2008 the news was made public that Rihanna had been contracted