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Christopher Lloyd (born April 30 1982), better known as Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper and is a member of the popular group G-Unit.

Biography

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 black. His parents were young and never married. His father spent most of Banks' childhood in prison because of his shady street business. This left Banks' 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, Rakim and Slick Rick, three 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 lyrically 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 being an older and more experienced MC, 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. Banks was shot twice in September 2001, by what's believed to be stray gunfire in his neighborhood.

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.

Fronted by 50 Cent, G-Unit quickly redefined the urban music industry to gangsta rap. 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 album 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 successful G-Unit album it was time for Lloyd Banks to release his solo album The Hunger For More. Lloyd Banks released the summer smash hit On Fire featuring 50 Cent to help his album sell over 433,000 its first week and eventually selling over 1.5 million records in the US and 2.3 million worldwide.

In 2004, Banks was the target of a false rumor started by an unknown source which featured a man that resembles Banks having gay sex in a video clip that circulated on the internet. The man in the video clip did not have one of the extensive tattoos that covers Banks on his body. The rumor was falsified after the actual actor of the film Ty Lattimore stepped forward to verify it was him in the video clip.

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 guns. Felony gun charges against Lloyd Banks and Young Buck were dropped on November 8, 2006.

Also in October of 2005 Banks rumored sophomore album The Big Withdraw was leaked on to the streets which featured tracks produced by Scott Storch and featured 50 Cent. It is rumored that Lloyd Banks left it at a women's house after they had a threesome with another woman and she then sold it to a DJ who represents G Unit rival Faction D-Block for $60,000.

Discography

Solo albums

Album cover	Album information
File:Hungerb.jpg	The Hunger For More Released: June 29, 2004 Label: G-Unit/Interscope Chart positions: #1 U.S., #51 AUS Last RIAA certification: Platinum U.S. sales: 1.5 Million Worldwide Sales: 2.3 Million Singles: "On Fire", "I'm So Fly", "Karma"
	Rotten Apple Released: October 10, 2006 Label: G-Unit/Interscope Chart positions: #3 U.S., #66 AUS Last RIAA certification: U.S. sales: 279,283 Worldwide Sales: Singles: "The Cake", "Hands Up " "Help"

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions		Album
Year	Title	Billboard Hot 100	US R&B/Hip-Hop	Album
2004	"On Fire"	8	3	The Hunger For More
2004	"I'm So Fly"	-	32	The Hunger For More
2004	"Karma" (featuring Avant)	17	9	The Hunger For More
2004	"South Side Story"	24	13	The Hunger For More
2006	"Hands Up" (featuring 50 Cent)	84	30	Rotten Apple
2006	"The Cake" (featuring 50 cent)	-	65	Rotten Apple
2006	"Help" (featuring Keri Hilson)	-	77	Rotten Apple
2006	"You Don't Know" (Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Ca$his)	12	-	Eminem Presents The Re-Up

Guest appearances

2Pac - "Loyal To The Game" (feat. 50 Cent, Young Buck & Lloyd Banks)
50 Cent - "Don't Push Me" (feat. Lloyd Banks & Eminem)
50 Cent - "Hate It Or Love It Remix" (feat. Lloyd Banks, The Game, Tony Yayo & Young Buck)
50 Cent - "Get That Money Mayne" (feat. David Banner, Lil Flip & Lloyd Banks)
50 Cent - "I Don't Know Officer" (feat. Lloyd Banks, Prodigy, Spider Loc & Mase)
50 Cent - "A Little Bit of Everything" (feat. Tony Yayo, UGK, Lloyd Banks & Too $hort)
50 Cent - "Order of Protection" (feat Tony Yayo, Young Buck & Lloyd Banks)
50 Cent - "We Got the Hood On Smash" (feat Tony Yayo, Young Buck & Lloyd Banks)
Avant - "Exclusive" (feat. Lloyd Banks)
Busta Rhymes - "Touch It Remix" (feat. Lloyd Banks, DMX, Mary J. Blige, Papoose, Rah Digga, & Missy Elliot)
Daddy Yankee - "Rompe Remix" (feat Young Buck & Lloyd Banks)
Eminem - "Bump Heads" (feat. Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent & Tony Yayo)
Eminem - "You Don't Know" (feat. 50 Cent, Cashis & Lloyd Banks)
Hot Rod - "Work It Out" (feat. Lloyd Banks)
Joe - "Ride Wit U" (feat. 50 Cent, Young Buck & Lloyd Banks)
Kid Punisha - "Full Clip" (feat. Lloyd Banks & Young Kodak)
LL Cool J - "Freeze" (feat. 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks & Young HotRod)
Ludacris - Gangstas (feat. Lloyd Banks)
Mobb Deep - "Stole Something" (feat. Lloyd Banks)
Mya - "Why You Gotta Look So Good" (feat. Lloyd Banks)
Obie Trice - "We All Die One Day" (feat. Lloyd Banks, Eminem & 50 Cent)
Obie Trice - "The Set Up Remix"(feat. Nate Dogg, Redman, Lloyd Banks, & Jadakiss)
Olivia - "Twist It" (feat. Lloyd Banks)
P. Diddy - "Victory 2004" (feat. B.I.G., Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent & Lloyd Banks)
Rah Digga - Party Over Here (feat Lloyd Banks)
Ras Kass - "Playboy" (feat Lloyd Banks)
Spider Loc - "Things Change" (feat 50 Cent & Lloyd Banks)
Tony Yayo - "I Know You Don't Love Me" (feat. Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, 50 Cent)
Young Buck - "Prices on My Head" (feat. Lloyd Banks & D-Tay)
Young Buck - "DPG-Unit" (feat. Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Soopafly, 50 Cent & Lloyd Banks)

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