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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Lloyd Banks

Lloyd Banks is a South Jamaica Queens’s rapper formerly known as member of East Coast hip hop group G-Unit, alongside childhood friends and fellow American rappers, 50 Cent and Tony Yayo. Lloyd Banks released his solo debut album The Hunger for More in June 2004. The first single was the summer smash hit “On Fire” featuring 50 Cent. The album was a commercial success, receiving positive reviews. It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard charts with 500,500 copies sold in the first week. Here are 10 things you didn’t know about Lloyd Banks.

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1. Lloyd attended August Martin High School but dropped out at age 16

2. On September 10, 2001, Lloyd Banks was shot twice while leaving a nightclub in Southside Jamaica, Queens

3. Banks was involved in a feud with The Game after leaving G-Unit

4. Lloyd Banks released his solo debut album The Hunger for More in June 2004 receiving positive reviews, debuting at number 1 on the Billboard charts with 500,500 copies sold in the first week.

5. In 2009, Bank was dropped by interscope

6. In late January 2010, it was announced that Banks would release a new song, “Beamer, Benz, or Bentley” featuring Juelz Santana, from his upcoming third studio album

7. Beamer, Benz, or Bentley” charted at #49 on the Billboard Hot 100

8. After being dropped by Interscope Records in 2009, he signed with EMI

9. In 2005, “On Fire” was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Rap Solo Performance

10. In 2006, “Touch It [Remix]” was nominated for Hip-Hop Video of the Year, and won for Best Collaboration at the BET Awards.

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