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Lloyd Banks
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Lloyd Banks was raised in Jamaica, Queens, by his Puerto Rican mother; his father spent much of his son's childhood behind bars. Like many young men amid the poverty and ruin of his community, he found solace through ghetto poetry and the work of rappers like Big Daddy Kane and Slick Rick. He dropped out of high school at the age of 16, finding the structured environment a hindrance to his developing talent for rhyming. After appearing on numerous local mixtapes, Banks, along with childhood friends Tony Yayo and 50 Cent, formed a crew called G-Unit, a group that proceeded to redefine the term "street marketing" with a series of self-released albums that included original numbers and quality artwork. Banks stayed on with 50 Cent, appearing on the artist's now classic 2003 debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin'. November of that same year saw the release of G-Unit's Beg for Mercy. Banks' long-awaited solo debut for G Unit/Interscope Records, Hunger for More, was released in June 2004. He followed it two years later with Rotten Apple. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music GuideMore

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Aug 15th, 3:32am
your hamerd
Aug 13th, 5:25pm
im waitin 4 da new mixtape
Aug 6th, 4:19am
banks iz da best alive
Nov 27th, 4:39am
Oct 24th, 6:57pm
all of them the best stop fronting g -unit is the team
Oct 21st, 3:54am
cosign the nigga below me best in the unit plk all day, banks what up!