Christopher Charles Lloyd (born April 30, 1982), better known by his
stage name Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper. Banks began his career
as a member of East Coast hip hop group G-Unit, alongside childhood
friends 50 Cent and Tony Yayo. After the group released their debut
album, Beg for Mercy in 2003, Banks released his first solo album The
Hunger for More in 2004, which featured the top ten hit single "On
Fire". His second studio album, Rotten Apple was released in
2006.Banks left Interscope Records in 2009 and, along with the rest of
G-Unit, signed with EMI the following year to distribute Banks third
studio album The Hunger for More 2, which was released on November 22,
2010.Banks was born in New Carrollton, Maryland, and raised in Queens,
New York City; he is of mixed Puerto Rican and African-American
descent. His father spent most of Lloyd's childhood in prison, leaving
his mother to raise him and his two siblings. Lloyd attended August
Martin High School but dropped out at the age of 16. For his stage
name, he took his great, great-grandfather's name Banks, which was
passed on by his uncles who also shared it. Lloyd Banks Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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