Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter, born on March 26, 1991 also known professionally under the other name Ari Lennox, hails from Washington, D.C. and is the first female artist to sign for J. Cole's Dreamville Records label. She released her first EP with the label on October 21 2016 with the title Pho. It was then that she started to gain recognition. Shea Butter Baby released her debut studio album 7 May 2019. Ari Lennox started uploading her music onto the internet back in 2012 after she released her debut mixtape, Five Finger Discount and debut EP Ariography In 2013. In 2014, she released additional music on the internet including Bound. She was featured in Omen's Elephant Eyes, in Sweat It Out on the 21st of July the 21st of July, 2015. J. Cole was interested in her talents and was keen to use it in conjunction with Rihanna. It was announced on December 8 that she was signed to Dreamville Records. On the album Revenge of the Dreamers II She was on the song Backseat along with Cozz.