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|Name = Lloyd Banks |
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|Img_capt = Lloyd Banks |
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|Background = solo_singer |
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|Alias = Blue Hefner<br>The Punchline Kid<br>Gang Green<br>The Boy Wonder<br>Lamborghini Lloyd<ref>[http://www.allhiphop.com/features/?ID=1431 Lloyd Banks: Still Hungry]</ref> |
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|Origin = [[New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States|USA]] {{flagicon|USA}} |
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|Born = {{birth date and age|1982|4|30}} |
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|Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] |
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|Occupation = [[Rapper]] |
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|Years_active = [[1999]]–present |
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|Label = [[G-Unit Records|G-Unit]] |
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|Associated_acts = [[G-Unit]] <br>[[Tony Yayo]] <br>[[Young Buck]] <br>[[50 Cent]] |
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|URL = [http://www.LloydBanks.com www.LloydBanks.com] |
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'''Christopher Charles Lloyd''' (born [[April 30]] [[1982]] in [[New Carrollton, Maryland]]), better known by his [[stage name]] '''Lloyd Banks''', is an [[United States|American]] [[rapper]] and member of the rap group [[G-Unit]]. |
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== Biography == |
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Lloyd Banks was born Christopher Lloyd in Baltimore, Maryland. He was raised in South Jamaica, Queens. His mother is Puerto Rican and his father was African American. |
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His parents were young and never married. His father spent most of Banks' childhood in prison. This left Banks' mother to raise him and his siblings alone. Lloyd Banks was left to care for his younger brothers alone when his mother was not around. |
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Banks started writing something resembling poetry at a young age and it started taking form. Eventually, he got the courage one day and rapped his rhymes on the streets of New York. People's reaction to it stunned him. He kept free styling and participating in local battles, creating an unstoppable growing buzz for himself. |
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Lloyd Banks grew up around the corner from [[50 Cent]] and [[Tony Yayo]] so they all would usually rap together and starred in a lot of city shows. Lloyd Banks attended August Martin High School in Queens, New York. Even when he was in school, instead of doing his school work he would write down everything that came to mind. Even when he wasn't rapping, he would write. It was something he did in his spare time. He could not flourish lyrically in a structured school environment, so he dropped out before he turned 16. |
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He took his Great, Great Grandfather's name-'''Banks''', which was passed on by his uncles, who also shared it. |
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Yayo, being an older and more experienced Rapper, went on the road with 50 Cent on the '''Nas Promo Tour''', The '''Cash Money Tour''' and the '''Ruff Ryders Tour'''. As Banks remained at home waiting for 50 and Yayo to return, he started rapping around the neighborhood to further increase his buzz on the streets. He then hooked up with neighborhood producers and made tracks for local mixtapes. Lloyd Banks has a well-built reputation on the underground mixtape scene.<ref>[http://www.askmen.com/men/entertainment_150/165c_lloyd_banks.html Lloyd Banks On The Mixtape Scene]</ref> |
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Banks was shot twice in September 2001, by what's believed to be stray gunfire in his neighborhood.<ref>[http://www.askmen.com/men/entertainment_150/165c_lloyd_banks.html Lloyd Banks Shot By Stray Gunfire]</ref> |
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== G-Unit == |
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[[G-Unit]] was founded when childhood friends, Lloyd Banks, [[50 Cent]] and [[Tony Yayo]] decided to make a group with each other. They met [[Young Buck]] when [[Cash Money]] group came to New York and 50 Cent heard Young Buck rapping. After 50 Cent signed his contract with Aftermath Entertainment they took Buck in the group and signed him. Tony Yayo was later sent to prison on weapons charges. |
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Fronted by 50 Cent, [[G-Unit]] quickly redefined the urban music industry back to Gangster Rap. They produced a series of mixtape albums with original numbers and high quality artwork, making the discs something more than a bootleg, but not quite an independent release. |
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50 Cent was soon granted his own Record Label by [[Dr Dre]] and released the album [[Get Rich Or Die Tryin]], Lloyd Banks was featured on the song "Don't Push Me". |
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Soon after the group had established their own record label, [[G-Unit Records|G-Unit]], G-Unit released their first official group album [[Beg For Mercy]] in November of 2003, which remained in the top 20 of the Billboard 2000 after four months on the charts. |
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In August 2005, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and their entourage were riding in a van, when the vehicle was pulled over after running a red light in midtown Manhattan. Officers said they discovered a loaded handgun and another weapon in the van. Prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss the charges after an investigation determined that neither Lloyd Banks nor Young Buck were in possession of the weapons. Felony gun charges against Lloyd Banks and Young Buck were dropped on November 8, 2006. |
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== Albums == |
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=== Debut album === |
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Lloyd Banks released his solo debut album [[The Hunger For More]] in June of 2004. Lloyd Banks released the summer smash hit [[On Fire (Lloyd Banks song)|On Fire]] Featuring 50 Cent to help his album sell over 433,000 its first week and eventually selling over 2.6 million records in the US and 4 million worldwide. |
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=== Sophomore album === |
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In October of 2005 Banks’ rumored sophomore album [[The Big Withdraw]] was leaked on to the streets which featured some tracks produced by [[Scott Storch]] and tracks Featuring [[50 Cent]]. Lloyd Banks left it at a women's house after they had a threesome with another woman. She then sold it to a DJ who turned it into a mixtape. Banks had to scratch all the tracks from that album and begin work on a new sophomore album. |
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Lloyd Banks sophomore album is titled Rotten Apple. The [[Timbaland]] produced track My House was thought to be the first single, but Banks confirmed it was not and he sold it to the movie: Little Man. "Rotten Apple" is a play on New York City's nickname "The Big Apple". It was released on October 10, 2006. The album debuted at #3, selling 143,000 copies in its first week. It now has sold more than 279,000 copies in the U.S. alone. Rotten Apple wasn't considered as a commercial success due to the fact that his debut album sold more than 400,000 copies in its first week. He has released three singles from Rotten Apple: Hands Up, The Cake, and Help.<ref>[http://www.rapsearch.com/news/index.php?itemid=1323 Lloyd Banks-Rotten Apple]</ref> |
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== Controversy == |
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{{Main|G-Unit feuds}} |
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=== The Game === |
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{{Main|G-Unit vs. The Game}} |
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Banks tries to keep the lowest profile in the G-Unit Camp but feuds willingly to support his ‘crew’. Feuds initially involving 50 cent have caused him to engage in this Hip-Hop practice. The most well known of these feuds involving Lloyd Banks is the feud between him and The Game which started publicly after The Game left G-Unit under perturbed circumstances. The Game and Lloyd Banks were rumored to not get along during the Game's tenure in G-Unit. Lloyd Banks speculates that The Game had jealous insecurities involving the attention he received after the success of his debut album [[The Hunger for More]] and Banks winning a lyricist title. <ref>[http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2006/06/lloyd_banks_bet_the_bank_on_it/ Lloyd Banks Speculating On Game]</ref>. After leaving the group, The Game released a series of diss song against G Unit with most of them featuring Lloyd Banks' name in them. Banks nationally replied to the Game on a Rap City Freestyle. The Game quickly released a diss record called ‘Sound Scan’ where The Game pokes fun at Lloyd Banks' Album Rotten Apple falling 13 spots on the [[Billboard]] chart and disappointing second week sales. Banks replied on his mixtape The Big Withdraw Part 5 with a song called "Showtime (The Game Is Over)". Lloyd Banks states that 50 Cent wrote half of The Games' first album [[The Documentary]] and pokes fun at The Games' suicidal thoughts in the middle and at the end of the track. |
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== Awards == |
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In 2004, Banks was anointed 2004's Mixtape Artist of the Year at the Mixtape Awards. |
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Lloyd Banks Commented on this award in an interview with AOL Sessions: |
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{{cquote|''When I won the mixtape artist of the year 2004, after that I didn’t want to get away from it because that right there is where I got my satisfaction, from the fans giving me that award. It wasn’t like an award show when you got some big fat guys in suits on the podium that never even heard my album giving me a rating or a judging what I deserve... that's actually my most proudest trophy right now.''<ref>[http://music.aol.com/videos/sessions/live-performance-archive/lloyd-banks Lloyd Banks AOL Session-Comments On Mixtape Award In Q&A]</ref>}} |
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==Discography== |
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{{main|Lloyd Banks discography}} |
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===Albums=== |
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*2004: ''[[The Hunger For More]]'' |
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*2006: ''[[Rotten Apple (Lloyd Banks album)|Rotten Apple]]'' |
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*2007/08: ''[[Gang Green (album)|Gang Green]]'' |
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===Solo singles=== |
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* 2004: "[[On Fire]]" |
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* 2004: "[[I'm So Fly]]" |
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* 2004: "[[Karma]]" <small>(featuring [[Avant]])</small> |
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* 2006: "[[The Cake]]" <small>(featuring [[50 Cent]])</small> |
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* 2006: "[[Hands Up]]" <small>(featuring [[50 Cent]])</small> |
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* 2007: "[[Help]]" <small>(featuring [[Keri Hilson]])</small> |
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===Featured Singles=== |
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* 2003: "[[P.I.M.P.]] [Remix]" <small>([[50 Cent]] featuring [[Snoop Dogg]], Lloyd Banks, & [[Young Buck]])</small> |
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* 2004: "Ride Wit U" <small>([[Joe]] featuring [[G-Unit]])</small> |
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* 2005: "I Know You Don't Love Me" <small>([[Tony Yayo]] featuring [[50 Cent]], [[Young Buck]], & Lloyd Banks)</small> |
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* 2006: "[[Rompe]] [Remix]" <small>([[Daddy Yankee]] featuring Lloyd Banks & [[Young Buck]])</small> |
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* 2006: "[[Touch It]] [Remix]" <small>([[Busta Rhymes]] featuring [[Mary J. Blige]], [[Rah Digga]], [[Missy Elliott]], Lloyd Banks, [[Papoose]], & [[DMX]])</small> |
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* 2006: "[[You Don't Know]]" <small>([[Eminem]] featuring [[50 Cent]], Lloyd Banks, & [[Cashis]])</small> |
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== References == |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.LloydBanks.com Official website] |
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*[http://www.G-UnitRecords.com G-Unit Records] |
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*[http://www.Interscope.com Interscope Records] |
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*{{myspace|LloydBanks}} |
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|NAME=Lloyd Banks |
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|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Christopher Charles Lloyd |
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|SHORT DESCRIPTION=Rapper |
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|DATE OF BIRTH=[[April 30]] [[1982]] |
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|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Baltimore, Maryland]] |
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}} |
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