Cyrus Langhorne
New York rapper Lloyd Banks just dropped a shocker on the rap game. The hip-hop veteran has appeared to announce an unexpected retirement.
The Punchline King went to Twitter Friday (March 16) to seemingly bid farewell to his career as a rapper.
I fell in love with Hip Hop over 25 years ago..it was that thing I turned to during good times and bad..just wanna say thank you to the artist B4 me that inspired me..and send my appreciation to everyone that supported me till this day THANK YOU!!
— Lloydbanks (@Lloydbanks) March 16, 2018
With that being said..I think it’s time to lay it down 💯
— Lloydbanks (@Lloydbanks) March 16, 2018
Last month, hip-hop producer AraabMuzik talked about how he learns when Banks raps on his instrumentals.
“[Lloyd Banks] always uses my beats. [Lloyd] always goes on YouTube. [Lloyd Banks] won’t have to do that anymore with License Lounge. We can send him a direct link and he can get all the AraabMuzik beats he wants. I don’t produce anything for [Lloyd Banks] directly, Banks just takes it and raps on it and puts it out. Then someone will at me on social media and I’ll know it’s out. There goes another freestyle to a beat I put out eighty years ago. Music is timeless. I’ve always been ahead of my time.” (Billboard)
In January, G-Unit’s Young Buck saluted Banks’ recent freestyle releases.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd7XT3NBGoP/
A few nights prior, Lloyd released his latest freestyle, “Sugar Hill,” which pays homage to rap veteran AZ.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd_aZ0TAeKb/
