Editing Lloyd Banks (section)

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{{Short description|American rapper (born 1982)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Lloyd Banks
| image             = LloydBanks cropped.png
| caption           = Banks in 2008
| alias             = Blue Hefner<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://datpiff.com/mixtape/583 |title = Blue Hefner Mixtape by Lloyd Banks Hosted by Kochece|website=Datpiff.com|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref>
| birth_name        = Christopher Charles Lloyde
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1982|4|30}}
| birth_place       = [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], U.S.<ref name="Allhiphop.com">{{cite web|author=Allhiphop.com|url=https://allhiphop.com/features/lloyd-banks-batter-up-part-2/|title=Lloyd Banks: Batter Up Part 2|publisher=Allhiphop.com| date=December 1, 2003|access-date=November 15, 2021|quote="Lloyd Banks: I was born in Baltimore. I was born on the run, I grew up in Queens. The only reason why I was born in Baltimore was because my pops was on the run at the time. He took my moms with him to Baltimore, I stayed there for about a year or two then came back to Queens".}}</ref>
| origin            = [[Queens]], [[New York City]], U.S.
| genre             = [[East Coast hip-hop|East Coast hip hop]]
| occupation        = {{hlist|Rapper|songwriter}}
| years_active      = 2001–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* Money by Any Means 
* [[Empire Distribution|Empire]] 
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
* [[G-Unit Records|G-Unit]]
* [[EMI]]
}}
| past_member_of    = [[G-Unit]]
| website           = {{URL|lloydbanks.com}}
}}

'''Christopher Charles Lloyde''' (born April 30, 1982),<ref name="Birthday">{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment_150/165_lloyd_banks.html |title=Lloyd Banks Biography |publisher=[[AskMen.com]] |access-date=July 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824061413/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment_150/165_lloyd_banks.html |archive-date=August 24, 2010 }}</ref> better known by his stage name '''Lloyd Banks''', is an American rapper. He began his career as a member of [[East Coast hip-hop|East Coast hip hop]] group [[G-Unit]], which he formed with childhood friends [[50 Cent]] and [[Tony Yayo]] in 1999. After the release of their debut album ''[[Beg for Mercy]]'' (2003), Banks released his debut solo album, ''[[The Hunger for More]]'' (2004) the following year. Met with critical and commercial success, it peaked atop the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and spawned the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]-top ten single, "[[On Fire (Lloyd Banks song)|On Fire]]", as well as the top 20 single "[[Karma (Lloyd Banks song)|Karma]]" (featuring [[Avant (singer)|Avant]] or [[Kevin Cossom]]). His second album, ''[[Rotten Apple (Lloyd Banks album)|Rotten Apple]]'' (2006) peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 and saw mixed reviews. Banks then left [[Interscope Records]] and signed with [[EMI]] in 2010—along with his G-Unit cohorts—to release his third album, ''[[H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger For More 2)]]'' in November that year, which saw a critical rebound and peaked at number 26 on the chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emimusic.com/news/2010/g-unit-records-and-emi-label-services-ink-distribution-and-marketing-deal/|title=G-Unit Records and EMI Label Services Ink Distribution and Marketing Deal|work=EMIMusic.com|date=August 13, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061507/http://www.emimusic.com/news/2010/g-unit-records-and-emi-label-services-ink-distribution-and-marketing-deal/|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioplanet.tv/lloyd-banks-interview-and-nyc-listening-party-pics|title=Lloyd Banks Loves the Underdog! Exclusive Interview and NYC Listening Party Pics!|work=RadioPlanet.tv|date=October 15, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018034141/http://www.radioplanet.tv/lloyd-banks-interview-and-nyc-listening-party-pics/|archive-date=October 18, 2010}}</ref>

Over a decade later, he independently released his fourth album, ''[[The Course of the Inevitable]]'' (2021) to critical acclaim.