Ari Lennox At Marathon Music Works

Courtney Shanade Salter, known professionally as Ari Lennox, is an American R&B singer from Washington, D.C. She is the first female artist to be signed to J. Cole’s record label, Dreamville Records. She began gaining recognition after the release of her first EP Pho on the label. That same year, she made an uncredited guest appearance on Cole’s song “Change”. Lennox’s debut studio album Shea Butter Baby followed in 2019.