Courtney Shanade Salter, known professionally as Ari Lennox, was born on
26 March 1991 in Washington, D.C., and is an American contemporary R&B singer.
She began uploading songs online in 2009, releasing her first mixtape
Five Finger Discount and EP Ariography in 2013, and an independent single
"Bound" in 2014. In 2015, she was discovered by J. Cole and signed to Dreamville
Records, where she first appeared on Revenge of the Dreamers II and later on
Revenge of the Dreamers III (2019), the latter debuting at number one on the
Billboard 200 and earning a Grammy nomination for best ...