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Banks in 2010, photo by Prphotos<\/p><\/div>\n

Birth Name: Christopher Charles Lloyd<\/p>\n

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: April 30, 1982<\/p>\n

Ethnicity:
\n*father<\/em> – African-American
\n*mother<\/em> – Puerto Rican<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lloyd Banks is an American hip hop recording artist. He was a member of East Coast hip hop group G-Unit. G-Unit’s members also included 50 Cent<\/a> and The Game<\/a>. He is also known as Blue Hefner.<\/p>\n

His father is African-American and his mother is Puerto Rican. He was raised in Queens, New York. His stage surname, Banks, was his great-grandfather’s surname. Also, his uncle used to say “that’s money in the bank” when listening to Lloyd rapping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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