Ari Lennox‘s followers have questioned why the chanteuse hasn’t been included within the Dreamville Pageant lineup, they usually’ve taken to social media to vent about it.
The competition posted their official flier for the occasion on X, previously generally known as Twitter, on Thursday (March 7), and Lennox’s conspicuous absence from the lineup was famous by a couple of person.
“To not even have Ari on there…,” wrote one person, whereas one other wrote, “This lineup is sooo disappointing, I’m so unhappy! Making us wait so lengthy they usually hyped it up so arduous.. the place’s Ari? Coco jones, Meg, Brent Faiyaz, Jazmine Sullivan, ice spice, Kendrick, Ciara, Kelly Rowland, H.E.R???? Yall might’ve spiced it up just a little extra.”
And nonetheless one other wrote, “Imma say it, this lineup is horrible. Smh.” Take a look at some extra reactions under.
The place is Ari? And might she carry Coco Jones?
— agent j (@_VenusGoddess) March 7, 2024
The place’s Ari Lennox!?
— Jefe 🇭🇹 (@TheReal_Wes) March 7, 2024
The place’s Ari Lennox??
— Sygod (@synik_freshe) March 7, 2024
We would like Ari 🥲🥲🥲
— Dawit 🔜Dreamcon (@Dawituchiha) March 7, 2024
No Ari? Gold Mouf??
— ZAY🏁 (@_ZAY_KING) March 7, 2024
No Ari 😭😭😭😭😭
— Overrloadd (@Overrloadd) March 8, 2024
Thus far, Ari Lennox hasn’t commented on why she gained’t be performing on the Dreamville Pageant — however her exclusion from the lineup shouldn’t be stunning, contemplating her tense historical past with Dreamville.
Again in January 2022, she revealed she wished out of her contract with J. Cole’s Dreamville and Interscope Data.
Taking to Twitter on January 23 of that yr, the singer made clear her want to be “free” after signing a cope with Cole’s label in 2015 and releasing her 2019 debut album Shea Butter Child.
“I need to be dropped from the labels,” she wrote. “I’m carried out and drained.”
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She additionally replied to a fan, “Shut up! The interview was the icing on the cake. I need to be free.”
The interview in query is Ari Lennox’s look on Podcast and Chill when the host requested, “Is somebody fucking you good proper now?” whereas referring to her track “Pop.” The singer confirmed discomfort with the query and later claimed she was quitting interviews altogether.
“And I’m by no means doing one other interview once more,” she wrote in a since-deleted tweet. “I been on this sober excessive for weeks. Real gratefulness and happiness. However then… males. Each time… by no means fails.”
Simply days earlier than the incident, Dreamville congratulated Ari Lennox on being nominated for Excellent Feminine Artist of the Yr on the NAACP Picture Awards. Following feedback about her label scenario, she went on to speak about folks being aggravated by her tweets.
“For Christ sakes,” she stated. “I notice I’ve no hits. I notice you all can dwell with out listening to my music. I notice my complaining is so aggravating to y’all. I don’t ask blogs to put up me once I’m at my worst. You judgemental self hating parasites wouldn’t final a day as a signed artist.”
