Ari Lennox Demands Release From Dreamville After "Constant Letdown and Neglect"

Singer Ari Lennox is applying pressure for Dreamville to release her from her contract — the artist has demanded the release via her Instagram account.

On Wednesday, Oct. 30, Ari expressed frustrations with her current arrangement with the J. Cole-owned label, which she signed to in 2015. Here's what she's said.

On Oct. 30, Ari took to Instagram to share that she had finally had enough of how she's been, in her words, mistreated by Dreamville. In an 18-minute video, the "Shea Butter Baby" artist told her fans that after trying to express her issues with the label "the right way," she was forced to discuss them with the world.

“I’m so tired," Ari confessed. "My heart is beating so fast. Like, I don’t know what else to do.” She continued, “I just want to be released … I’m tired of being nice … this was my final straw.”

She explained that she's had various issues with her label over the years, including them not promoting her music enough and forcing her to seem unhappy due to her past openness about her mental health.

Ari used her recent appearance on The TERRELL Show as an example of the mistreatment and told the label she didn't want the episode to air because she was "tired of people treating me like I’m the face of mental health." Dreamville ultimately aired the episode on Oct. 28.

In another Instagram story, she shared that Dreamville and its distributor, Interscope Records, "played" her over the last month and said she never felt protected by the label.

"I’m OK and I’ve never been happier. What I don’t like is being signed and lied to and manipulated. Not one person at those labels ever knew how to market or protect me. Y’all don’t know the half. Constant letdown and neglect. This industry stuff will never be for me.”

Ari has since deleted the Instagram Stories from her account. Dreamville has yet to respond to her demand for a release.