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Lloyd Banks
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- (Cancun '05) Performed at The City with 50 Cent
Christopher Lloyd, more commonly known as Lloyd Banks, is a hop hop artist born and raised in the Jamaica section of Queens. Raised by his mother, Lloyd had a difficult childhood and began writing "ghetto-poetry" at an early age to express his emotions. After joining forces with his long time childhood friend Tony Yayo, Banks stayed at home rapping around the neighborhood to further increase his buzz on the streets, while Yayo went with 50 Cent to the Nas Promo Tour, the Cash Money Tour and the Ruff Ryders Tour. Banks then hooked up with neighborhood producers and made tracks for local mixtapes, which had given him a solid reputation on the mixtape scene.
Later, 50 Cent was soon granted his own record label by Dr. Dre and released the album “Get Rich or Die Tryin'”, where Lloyd Banks was featured on the song "Don't Push Me". Soon after the group had established their own record label, G-Unit Records, G-Unit released their first official group album “Beg for Mercy” in November of 2003, which went on to be certified 2X Platinum. Since Banks was signed, he has since worked with artists such as 50 Cent, The Game , Eminem, Fabolous, and Young Buck. He became 2004’s Mixtape Artist of the Year at the Mixtape Awards. Banks’ success has continued, spending the last few years touring the world, even making appearances with 50 Cent at our celebrity Spring Break events in Cancun.
Lloyd Banks' Albums
Rotten Apple (2006)
The Big Withdraw was intended to be Lloyd Banks's second album, but after an incident the album that contained 23 tracks was leaked to the internet leaving it not as successful as the debut.Due to the leak, Lloyd Banks began work on Rotten Apple. "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. Rotten Apple was not considered as a commercial success because his debut album sold a significantly higher number of copies in its first week.
Hunger for More (2004)
Lloyd Banks released his solo debut album The Hunger for More in June of 2004. The first single was the summer smash hit "On Fire" which featured 50 Cent . The album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard charts with 433,000 copies sold in the first week. The album has since sold over two million copies and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.
Recent News
January 16, 2008. According to MediaTakeOut.com there is a rumor that the budget for G-Unit in 2008 has come out and some of top acts aren’t getting any funding, which include Lloyd Banks and Mobb Deep. Lloyd Banks' project has to be shelved for now and is not getting a lot of support from the label, but is not officially dropped.
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