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Famous as :
RapperBirth Name :
Christopher LloydBirth Date :
April 30, 1982Birth Place :
Queens, New YorkClaim to fame :
The youngest member of rap group G-Unit
Lloyd Banks Shooting Down Rick Ross for Dissing Eminem
May 01, 2009 02:05:04Lloyd Banks, who is one of G-Unit's artists, mocks Rick Ross as a response to Rick's statement of calling out Eminem "a monkey". Sharing what he has in mind regarding the mockery, Lloyd says during an interview with MTV, "He reminds me of 12 or 13 year old."
Lloyd gushes further, "How do you go from praising somebody in one interview to calling him a 'monkey' in the next?" He adds, "He's been in out of pocket too many times. We'll see where his future goes. It doesn't look too bright, if you ask me."
Coming Soon: '50 Cent: Blood on the Sand' Video Game
March 28, 2008 10:03:23Rap fans and gamers alike will all rejoice in hearing that a new 50 Cent video game is in development. The new video game, titled "50 Cent: Blood on the Sand", is being developed by Swordfish Studios and expected to be resealed before the year ends.
"50 Cent: Blood on the Sand" is the sequel to the rap icon's "50 Center: Bulletproof", which was received well by the gaming public, selling over 1 million copies, upon its release in 2005. The video game will feature 50 Cent and the rest of his G-Unit crew; Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and DJ Whoo Kid, each of whom will also lend their voices to the project. Greater than that, the game "is primed to be packed with more exclusive unreleased music from 50 Cent and G-Unit," IGN has claimed.
Gun Charges Against Young Buck and Lloyd Banks Dropped
November 09, 2006 04:11:32
Felony gun possession charges against Young Buck and fellow rapper Lloyd Banks were dropped Wednesday November 8th at the request of prosecutors. "This whole experience reminds me of the title of my new album, Rotten Apple," Banks commented.
Buck and Banks, both are G-Unit members, were arrested in August 2005 when the van they were riding in with several other men ran a red light. Officers said that after a further investigation they discovered a loaded handgun and another weapon in the vehicle.
US Top 10 Albums of Oct 18th, 2006
October 19, 2006 10:10:59
Veteran singer Rod Stewart leads the pack in the US pop album chart Wednesday Oct 18th, with his latest effort "Still the Same...Great Rock Classics of Our Time" sold 184,304 copies in the week ended October 15. The set, which is Stewart's first rock release in eight years, is the star's fourth No. 1 album in his entire music career.
With Stewart taking the very top position on the album chart, last week's champ goth-pop band Evanescence's "The Open Door" slips to 2nd position with another 164,000 copies. Rapper Lloyd Banks' second set, "Rotten Apple," bows at No. 3 taking in 143,000 units. Jimmy Buffett's "Take the Weather With You" is No. 4 on the Top 200 and No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with 121,000 units.
Rapper DMX Caused Riot at Hot 97's Back to School Jam
October 03, 2006 11:10:30
DMX was slated to headline the Hot 97's Back to School Jam, held Saturday September 30th at the Nassau Coliseum. But the rapper unfortunately turned the concert into a riot when he allegedly beat a soundman following sound problems which caused his microphone completely cut out.
Speaking on the incident, Nassau Police Detective Sergeant James Watson said the sound problems occurred when DMX had been on stage no more than 15 minutes. "There came a point in time that the sound was turned down and up again during DMX's performance and it appears he became irate at the soundman. DMX ran toward the sound person, jumped off the stage and onto the soundboard and started a fight with the person."
Eminem Presents "The Re-Up"
September 20, 2006 12:09:55
While his divorce is going to mediator, Eminem rocks the music industry with his new LP. The Grammy-winning rapper is about to make a comeback to the scene with an upcoming LP, titled "Eminem Presents: The Re-Up".
It is a mixtape disc that will serve as an introduction to new artists from his Shady Records camp, naming that of Stat Quo, Cashis and Bobby Creekwater. Besides them all, there's also D12 crew, as well as 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Obie Trice and Akon.
Another Reality Fiction of Rapper 50 Cent
November 16, 2005 11:11:52His recent movie "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" has provoked many protests from the society, and it even has caused murder. Though, 50 Cent seemingly not take all of that too seriously. Despite the many protests and critics, he keeps movin on, looks like none and nothing can block his way to move forward.
From now on, reports mention that the rapper is about to, again, turn his reality into fiction. This time it will be in form of hip-hop novellas and graphic novels featuring his former G-Unit rap crew buddies. The book, in fact, is a venture with MTV/Pocket Books, publisher of his memoir "From Pieces to Weight."
