Birth name:
Christopher Lloyd.
Also known as:
Blue Hefner, Gang Green, Boy Wonder, Number 1 Draft Pick, Big Truck Banks, Lamborghini Lloyd, and The Punch Line Kid.
Born:
April 30, 1982 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Origin:
South Jamaica, Queens, New York.
Genre(s):
Hardcore Rap.
Occupation(s):
Rap Artist.
Years active:
2000-present
Label(s)
G-Unit/Interscope/
Website:
lloyd banks
Biography.
Lloyd Banks was born Christopher Lloyd in Baltimore, Maryland but was raised in South Side Jamaica, Queens. His mother is Puerto Rican and his father was African American. His parents were young and never married. His father spent most of Banks' childhood in prison because of his shady street business. This left Bank's mother to raise Banks and his siblings alone. Young Christopher Lloyd had the responsibility of taking care of his younger brothers when his mother went out. Like many kids around him, Banks felt trapped in the cycle of poverty and violence, and found his haven in words.
Banks started writing something resembling poetry at a young age and it started taking form, but Banks wouldn't share it with the outside world. Eventually, he got the courage one day and rapped his rhymes on the streets of Jamaica, Queens. People's reaction to it stunned him. Many said he should record them. So he wasted no time in his pursuit to be a rapper.His mother was responsible for nurturing Banks' early desire to be a rapper. She would play hip hop music around the house and took Banks to his first hip hop concert. . His rap heroes were Big Daddy Kane and Slick Rick, two men who influenced his own style
Lloyd Banks grew up around the corner from 50 Cent and Tony Yayo so they all would usually rap together. 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 in a structured school environment, so he dropped out before he turned 16.
He took his great grandfather's name -- Banks -- passed on by his uncles who also shared it.
Yayo was older and a more experienced MC so he went on the road with 50 cent on the Nas promo tour, the Cash Money/Ruff Ryders Tour. Because Banks remained at home waiting for 50 Cent and Yayo to return, he started rapping around the neighborhood to create a buzz for himself. Then he hooked up with neighborhood producers and made tracks for local mixtapes. Lloyd Banks has a well-built reputation on the underground mixtape scene.
G-Unit was founded when Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Domination, Bang Em Smurf and 50 Cent decided to make a group with each other. They met Young Buck when UTP, of the Cash Money group came up in New York and 50 Cent heard Young Buck rapping. After 50 Cent got his contract with Shady/Aftermath they took Buck in the group and signed him, Domination and Bang Em Smurf left the group because of a personal feud with 50 Cent and Tony Yayo was sent to prison on weapons charges.
Banks was shot twice in September 2001, by what's believed to be stray gunfire in his neighborhood.
Fronted by 50 Cen, the G-Unit quickly redefined the urban music industry. They produced a series of street albums with original numbers and high quality artwork, making the discs something more than a bootleg, but not quite an independent release. 50 Cent was soon signed to Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records and released the instantly classic, record breaking Get Rich Or Die Tryin, which Banks was featured on the song "Don't Push Me". Then came G Unit's first album Beg For Mercy, which remained in the top 20 of the Billboard 2000 after four months on the charts. Though these successes allowed Lloyd Banks to tour the world multiple times over, one accomplishment means a bit more than all the rest.
In 2003, Banks was anointed 2003's Mixtape Artist of the Year due to his appearance on G-Unit mixtapes as well as his own Money in the Bank series. After the sucessful G-Unit album it was time for Lloyd Banks to release his solo album The Hunger For More. Lloyd Banks released the smash hit On Fire featuring 50 Cent to help his album sell over 433,000 its first week and eventaually sellling over 1.5 million records in the US and 4 Million worldwide.
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