Queens emcee and [G-Unit](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6evKD5JWJON3qPBJtUEmtY) co-founder Lloyd Banks was part of the wave of rappers who found mainstream success with hard-nosed, street-ready rap styles in the early 2000s. Along with other [G-Unit](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6evKD5JWJON3qPBJtUEmtY) cohorts, Banks enjoyed charting hits and platinum album sales, both as a part of the crew and with solo albums like his 2004 debut, The Hunger for More. After a string of high-profile releases, Banks focused on mixtapes and stand-alone tracks for most of the 2010s. After parting ways with [G-Unit](https://open.spotify.com/artist/6evKD5JWJON3qPBJtUEmtY), he cracked the Top 100 of the Billboard 200 with 2021's The Course of the Inevitable, which he followed with 2022's The Course of the Inevitable 2 and 2023's The Course of the Inevitable III: Pieces of My Pain.