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Lloyd Banks
All Music Guide
Lloyd Banks was raised in Jamaica, Queens, by his Puerto Rican mother; his father spent much of his sons 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 artists now classic 2003 debut, Get Rich or Die Tryin. November of that same year saw the release of G-Units 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.
         
         
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