Courtney Shanade Salter, known professionally as Ari Lennox, is an American R&B singer-songwriter from Washington, D.C. She signed with J. Cole's Dreamville Records, an imprint of Interscope Records as the former label's first female artist in 2015. She started gaining recognition after the release of her second extended play and major label debut, Pho. That same year, she made an uncredited guest appearance on Cole's song "Change". Her debut studio album, Shea Butter Baby, was met with critical praise and lukewarm commercial response.
