Lloyd Banks

Banks in 2010, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Christopher Charles Lloyd

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 30, 1982

Ethnicity:
*African-American (father)
*Puerto Rican (mother)

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 include 50 Cent, and, previously, The Game. He is also known as Blue Hefner.

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.