Ari Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter, born April 26, 1991 often referred to professionally under the other name Ari Lennox, hails from Washington, D.C. and was the first female signing to J. Cole's Dreamville Records label. Dreamville Records released her debut EP, Pho, in October 2016, and she was able to get recognition. Her first album Shea Butter Baby was released on May 7 2019. Ari Lennox has uploaded her music on the internet since 2012 with her debut mixtape "Five Finger Discount" and her EP Ariography. Ari Lennox continued to post her music online including her self-released single Bound. On July 21st, the 21st of July in 2015 Omen featured her on Elephant Eyes song"Sweat it Out.. J. Cole, who was part of the Dreamville team at the time and wanted her to create Rihanna references. Then, in December of 2008 the news was made public that Rihanna was contracted by Dreamville Records. In the album Revenge of the Dreamers II which she was featured on, she sang the song Back