Lloyd Banks

Christopher Lloyd (born April 30, 1982), better known as Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper and is a current member of the popular hip-hop group G-Unit. Banks, who is African American and Puerto Rican descent, is the youngest member of the group.

Biography

Born in New Carrollton, MarylandBorn in Carrollton, to a Puerto Rican mother and a African American father, Banks moved to the New York City neighborhood of South Jamaica, Queens at age 6. With his father in and out of the prison system, Banks' mother was left to raise him. Dropping out of high-school before his sixteenth birthday, Lloyd began performing his rhymes on the streetcorner where he gained local fame, appearing on several mixtapes. Together with two other local aspiring artists, Tony Yayo and 50 Cent, G-Unit was created. Banks would later sign a record deal with the label after it was established as a subsidiary of Interscope Records

G-Unit

After the creation of G-Unit, Banks went on to have a really strong presence on mixtapes. He was named the 2003 Mixtape Artist of the Year, and had released a number of tapes, mainly with DJ and producer DJ Whoo Kid. His releases include Mo Money In The Bank Parts 1, 2, and 3. Banks was also featured on 50 Cent's multi-platinum success Get Rich or Die Tryin', and appeared on G-Unit release, Beg For Mercy, both in 2003. Right now, Banks has released Mo Money In The Bank 4 and is working on a mixtape with Eminem, both to be bootlegged by DJ Whoo Kid.

Music

His solo debut for G Unit/Interscope Records, The Hunger for More, was released in June 2004. The album included the hit singles "On Fire", "I'm So Fly", and "Karma". The Hunger for More sold over 400,000 copies in its first week, putting him behind only millionaire rap mogul 50 Cent for most sold in the opening week in G-Unit. In the fall of 2005, an album titled, The Big Withdraw was leaked on the internet and featured an extensive collection of songs ; 23 recordings total. He is scheduled to release a second LP on July 18, 2006 (Now September 19, 2006), titled Rotten Apple. Three confirmed tracks for the album are, "My House" featuring 50 Cent, his official first single "Hands Up" featuring 50 Cent, and "Addicted" featuring Alicia Keys. In a recent interview, Lloyd Banks has said "Cake" was one of his favorite tracks off the new album, and confirming that, "Cake" is a very popular track appearing on plenty of mixtapes. The album was decidedly pushed back due to a lack of popularity regarding the first released Rotten Apple single, "My House." According to the official G-Unit website, the album is scheduled to hit stores September 12th of this year.

His "Gang Green Season, Mo' Money In The Bank Part 4" mixtape has just been released. The mixtape is made by DJ Whoo Kid.

He was recently on the remix to Busta Rhymes' new single, "Touch It".

At the 2006 BET Awards, He performed the remix of "Touch It" with Busta and the rest of the cast except DMX with a special appearance by Eminem.

Lyricist Skills

Lloyd Banks public notoriety has risen since his 2004 debut, establishing him as a skilled lyricist.Lyricist Banks' reputation is based on his ability as a punch-line rapper, meaning that his verses often contain many one-to-two bar sets of lyrics (often metaphorical or with similes) that are amusing by themselves and can also be lyrically vicious towards other rappers. As an example of this type of rapping, on the song "I'm So Fly", Banks raps, "Don't confuse me with these suckas/Cause When I spit, you hear more 'oohs' than a Skip to My Lou move at the Rucker." "It's Either Cause They Boyfriends a Scrub Like Brillo/Or Cause Banks is Cooler than The Other Side of the Pillow." "You can either get bucked or get your ass jumped/ The only trigger you've touched is on a gas pump." Some other punchlines are: "I'm Hugh Hefner all over when it comes to broads/ Even the ones that don't fit in hump the cars.", "Hoes rushin me without the tag spray on."

Discography

Albums

2004: The Hunger For More #1 US Platinumhttp://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp under "Lloyd Banks" Platinum certification (4 million worldwide)
2006: Rotten Apple (September 19, 2006)

Mixtapes

2002: Money In The Bank by DJ Whoo Kid
2003: Mo Money in The Bank by DJ Whoo Kid
2004: Cashing In (Mo Money In The Bank pt. 3) by DJ Whoo Kid
2006: Gang Green Season (Mo Money In The Bank pt. 4) by DJ Whoo Kid

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions		Album
Year	Title	Billboard Hot 100	US R&B/Hip-Hop	Album
2004	"On Fire"	#8 ^*	#2	The Hunger For More
2004	"I'm So Fly"	-	#32	The Hunger For More
2004	"Karma" (Remix) (featuring Avant)	#17	#9	The Hunger For More
2006	"Hands Up" (featuring 50 Cent)	#66	-	Rotten Apple

External links

References

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