Editing Lloyd Banks (section)

===Beginnings with G-Unit (1999–2004)===
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[[G-Unit]] was founded when childhood friends Lloyd Banks, [[50 Cent]], and [[Tony Yayo]] decided to form a group.<ref name="allmusic"/> They met [[Young Buck]] when [[UTP Records|UTP]] group came to New York and  50 Cent heard Young Buck rapping. After 50 Cent signed his contract with Aftermath Entertainment they took Young Buck in the group and signed him.
Tony Yayo, being an older and more experienced rapper, joined 50 Cent on the Nas Promo Tour, the Cash Money Tour and the Ruff Ryders Tour. As Banks remained at home waiting for 50 and Yayo to return, he started rapping around the neighborhood to further increase his buzz on the streets. He then hooked up with neighborhood producers and recorded tracks for local mixtapes, becoming renowned on the mixtape scene. While Banks was recording Mixtapes,<ref name="AskMen">[http://www.askmen.com/men/entertainment_150/165c_lloyd_banks.html Lloyd Banks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227035911/http://www.askmen.com/men/entertainment_150/165c_lloyd_banks.html |date=February 27, 2008 }}. Askmen. Accessed July 29, 2009.</ref> 50 Cent was soon granted his own record label by [[Dr. Dre]] and released the album ''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin' (album)|Get Rich or Die Tryin'<nowiki/>]]''; Lloyd Banks was featured on the song "Don't Push Me", and the remixed version of "[[P.I.M.P]]". Soon after the group had established their own record label, [[G-Unit Records]], G-Unit released their first official group album ''[[Beg for Mercy]]'' in November 2003, which went on to be certified double platinum.<ref name="Beg for Mercy">{{cite web|last=Lamy |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=2003&resultpage=&id=D567432C-1DD7-2B70-27E8-161B2A3E9F22 |title=2003 Ends With a Bang! |publisher=RIAA |date=December 18, 2003 |access-date=July 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201035/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=2003&resultpage=&id=D567432C-1DD7-2B70-27E8-161B2A3E9F22 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}</ref>

====Shooting====
On September 10, 2001, Banks was shot twice while leaving a nightclub in Southside Jamaica, Queens.  He was hit in the back and stomach, and ran to the nearest hospital after suffering the injuries. He woke up the next morning to news of the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 terrorist attacks]] and watched from his hospital bed as the Twin Towers fell to the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/01/a-history-of-rappers-getting-shot-and-surviving/lloyd-banks|title=Lloyd Banks|author=David Drake|date=January 28, 2013|work=Complex}}</ref>

====Legal issues====

During August 2005, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, and their entourage were traveling in a van, when the vehicle was pulled over after passing through a red light in midtown Manhattan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1507266/20050809/young_buck.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050812035745/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1507266/20050809/young_buck.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 12, 2005|title=Young Buck, Lloyd Banks Arrested For Gun Possession|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=August 9, 2005|publisher=MTV News|access-date=June 6, 2009}}</ref> 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 weapons. Felony gun charges against Lloyd Banks and Young Buck were dropped on November 8, 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1545226/20061108/banks_lloyd.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116110422/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1545226/20061108/banks_lloyd.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 16, 2006|title=For The Record: Quick News On Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Jay-Z, Michael Jackson, Reese Witherspoon & More|date=November 8, 2006|publisher=MTV News|access-date=June 6, 2009}}</ref>

In the early morning hours of January 9, 2010, in a Kitchener, Ontario hotel, an alleged altercation took place between Banks and a concert promoter over performance fees. Banks, and three of his associates, were later charged with forcible confinement, aggravated assault and robbery, and released on $50,000 bail.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/750514|title=Concert Organizer Chris Hines Describes Beating|date=January 14, 2010|publisher=Toronto Star|access-date=January 21, 2010 | first=Ashante | last=Infantry}}</ref>

====Feud with The Game====

The most well known feud involving Lloyd Banks is the feud between himself and [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]], which became public after The Game left G-Unit. Banks speculates that The Game was jealous about the attention Banks received after the success of his debut album ''[[The Hunger for More]]'' as well as Banks winning a lyricist title.<ref>[http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2006/06/lloyd_banks_bet_the_bank_on_it/ "Lloyd Banks Speculating On Game"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303011351/http://www.vibe.com/news/online_exclusives/2006/06/lloyd_banks_bet_the_bank_on_it/ |date=March 3, 2007 }}, ''Vibe'', June 2006. Accessed July 29, 2007.</ref>