Black Excellence: Ari Lennox
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/25/763604571/ari-lennox-tiny-desk-concert
When Ari Lennox entered NPR Headquarters to perform at the Tiny Desk, we soon learned she was a little under the weather. Draped in a long, leopard-print coat, she greeted the band and approached the desk. I asked her if she was in any shape to sing, and she assured me she was. “Oh, I’m fine and I’m ready!” With that, she slipped off her coat, took her place behind the desk and began her warm up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Lennox
Courtney Shanade Salter (born March 26, 1991), 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 (EP) and major label debut, Pho (2016). That same year, she made an uncredited guest appearance on Cole’s song “Change“. Her first full-length album, Shea Butter Baby (2019), was met with critical praise and commercial response.