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==Early life== Christopher Lloyd was born in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], and raised in the [[South Jamaica, Queens|South Jamaica]] section of the [[Queens]] borough in New York City;<ref name="Allhiphop.com"/> he is of mixed [[Stateside Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] and [[African Americans|African-American]] descent.<ref name="Sixshot">{{cite web|title=Lloyd Banks: Hunger for More|url=http://www.sixshot.com/3684/|work=Sixshot|date=June 21, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603031648/http://www.sixshot.com/3684/|archive-date=June 3, 2008}}</ref> His father spent most of Lloyd's childhood in prison,<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p555597|pure_url=yes}}|title=Lloyd Banks > Biography|last=Monger|first=James Christopher|year=2006|publisher=allmusic|access-date=June 6, 2009}}</ref> leaving his mother to raise him and his two siblings.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fruchter|first=Alexander|url=http://www.soundslam.com/articles/interviews/interviews.php?interviews=in060604lloydb|title=Still Hungry|work=Soundslam|access-date=September 24, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808053848/http://soundslam.com/articles/interviews/interviews.php?interviews=in060604lloydb|archive-date=August 8, 2007}}</ref> Lloyd attended [[August Martin High School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://schools.nyc.gov/ChoicesEnrollment/High/Directory/school/?sid=1326|title=August Martin High School|publisher=New York City Department of Education|access-date=June 6, 2009}}</ref> but dropped out at 16.<ref name="allmusic"/> For his stage name, he took his great, great-grandfather's name Banks, which was passed on by his uncles who also shared it.<ref name="Sixshot"/>
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