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Kimberly Wilburn (born March 27, 1984), known professionally as Kim Joyce, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, musician from Metro Detroit, Michigan. She is the created her own label,Peace Baby Records. She first began gaining recognition after the release of her first EP Kimberly Joyce (2006) independently self produced.

Contents

 * 1Early life
 * 2Musical career
 * 2.1 2004–22006: Career beginnings and La Quest
 * 2.2 2006-2011:
 * 2.32021–present: Age/Sex/Location and Away Message
 * 3Artistry
 * 4Discography
 * 4.1Studio albums
 * 4.2Extended plays
 * 4.3Mixtapes
 * 4.4Compilation albums
 * 4.5Singles
 * 4.5.1As lead artist
 * 4.5.2As featured artist
 * 4.6Promotional singles
 * 4.7Other charted songs
 * 4.8Guest appearances
 * 4.9Notes
 * 5Filmography
 * 6Tours
 * 7Awards and nominations
 * 8References

Early life[edit source]
Kimberly Wilburn was born on March 27, 1985, in Lansing to Delores and Donald Wilburn and spent her formative years in the Metro Detroit area. She attended Detroit Country Day High School. She received a full scholarship to The Ohio State University for basketball. Freshman year in college Kim was chosen 1 of 50 players women's college players to tryout for the Collegia Olympics yet was not selected. She was part of the 2005 and 2006 Big ten Championship team and The 2006 Big Ten Tournament Championship team. She is #4 on the all time OSU women's assist leader list and #1 in all time steals leader for women players at Ohio State. Her senior year (2006) she won Big Ten Women's Defensive player of the Year.

2006-2011: Career beginnings and La Quest
While going to college and playing ball, Kim would travel back and forth between Columbus and Detroit to make music back home in Detroit on her brother-in-laws equipment, a MPC beat machine, Motif Keyboard, and protools. While away at school, she would make beats on Fruity Loops, which later became FL Studios. Around Kim's Junio year she joined an alternative hip hop group which later came to be called La Quest. Consisting of Kito Denham (Vox/Synth/Drum Machine), Matt Chilcote (Drums), Mike McNamara (Keys/Synth) and Jon Mitts (Bass). Due to circumstance the group parted ways after only 2 years.

2006-2011:
Kim produced her first EP self-titled, Kimberly Joyce. This was a 6 song project that gained local attention in Columbus Ohio. Kim went on to release The Different Sides of Sexy mixtape in 2008 hosted and put together by DJ Holiday and DJ Dommystyles. 2010 Kim went on to release her debut Album Eleven, with production contributions from BBanga (Bryan Johnson), Selah Benjamin, and Keyz, along with production of her own. She released her second mixtape, Tomboy Swag, in 2010 as well. The following year Kim won best female vocalist at the Ohio Hip Hop Awards.

2011-2021: Shea Butter Baby[edit source]
In 2011, she went on to guest feature on two songs with her label-mates: EarthGang on "Nothing but the Best", and Bas on "Icarus". On July 16, 2018, Ari Lennox released the first single, "Whipped Cream", from her debut album, Shea Butter Baby with an accompanied music video on September 5. n November 9, she released two more singles called "40 Shades of Choke" and "Grampa". On November 13, she then released two more singles called "No One" and "Pedigree". She then appeared on the Creed II soundtrack with Cole on a track entitled "Shea Butter Baby" on November 16, and released as a single on February 26, 2019, for her debut album of the same name. The track was accompanied by a music video on February 20, 2019, and surpassed 3 million views via YouTube within the first week. In December 2018, she was a supporting act on the From East Atlanta With Love Tour with 6LACK.

On March 27, 2019, she announced her first headlining tour, with the first leg beginning on May 12 and ending on June 14 in her hometown Washington, D.C. Her debut album, Shea Butter Baby was released on May 7, 2019. Several times on this tour she was opened by Baby Rose and Mikhala Jené. She also went on the road with Lizzo on the Cuz I Love You Too Tour from July to October. The second leg of her headlining tour was in Europe, during December 2019. In February 2020, Ari Lennox was placed on BET's "Future 40" list, which is a list of "40 of the most inspiring and innovative vanguards who are redefining what it means to be unapologetically young, gifted & black". She released multiple of singles in 2020 including "Bussit", "Chocolate Pomegranate", and a cover of "If You Want Me to Stay", as well as guest appearances and collaborations with Kiana Ledé, Skip Marley, 6lack, and Spillage Village, among others.

2021-Present: Age/Sex/Location and Away Message[edit source]
On September 10, 2021, Ari Lennox released the single "Pressure", produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox. The song became her first solo charting single on the Billboard Hot 100, her first Radio No. 1 single, and reached number 3 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. On March 31, 2022, she appeared on the Dreamville compilation D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, on the songs "Coming Down" and "Blackberry Sap".On August 12, Ari Lennox released her second single "Hoodie", and announced the title and release date for her second studio album, Age/Sex/Location. On August 31, she released the surprise EP Away Message, including the single "Queen Space" featuring Summer Walker.

Artistry[edit source]
Ari Lennox describes her own voice as "vulnerable but soulful; imperfect but pretty." Her voice has been compared to Erykah Badu. Referencing her artistry she explains, "Sometimes women are put in this box where we're only supposed to talk about certain things, I want to be braver and riskier. I think people want to hear that kind of honesty and frankness." Ari Lennox said in multiple interviews that she is inspired by 90s and 2000s R&B singers such as Mariah Carey, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, Bilal, Whitney Houston, Aaliyah, Lauryn Hill, Amerie, Ciara, SWV, Mary J Blige, among many others, and soul singer Minnie Riperton. In an interview with The Fader, she also mentioned her admiration of Kanye West and how she found multiple other artists through him. The Gateway described Ari Lennox's sound as "successfully blends individual slices of classic Motown, modern R&B, and new-age soul into one seamless product."

Notes[edit source]

 * 1) ^ "Got Me" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 3 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart.
 * 2) ^ "Change" features vocals by Ari Lennox
 * 3) ^ "On It" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
 * 4) ^ "Sugar Walls" features background vocals by Ari Lennox
 * 5) ^ "Don't Hit Me Right Now" features background vocals by Ari Lennox
 * 6) ^ "Long Nights" features background vocals by Ari Lennox

Tours[edit source]
Headlining


 * Shea Butter Baby Tour (2019)

Supporting


 * 4 Your Eyez Only Tour (J. Cole) (2017)
 * From East Atlanta With Love Tour (6LACK) (2018)
 * Cuz I Love You Too Tour (Lizzo) (2019)