Dallas rapper Erica Banks exudes confidence and cockiness,approaching minimal trap beats with a varietyof powerful flows,Before signing with 1501 Certified Entertainment, she workedindependentlyon projects like 2019's The Art of the Hustle. She landeda hit with the 2020 single "Buss lt" from her eponymous mixtape andcontinued her reign on projects like 2022's Diary ofthe Flow Queen. Banks grew up outside Dallas, Texas, and gravitated toward poetryearlyin life.Shortlyafter entering college with plans to complete anursing program, Banks shifted her focus to pursuing a musical careerShe parlayed her lifelong interest in poetryinto rapping and beganwriting original songs around 2018. Early singles like "Thousand" and"NO Hook" led to the 2019 EP The Art ofthe Hustle, and two othermixtapes were releasedindependentlythat same year, Pressure andCockyon Purpose.The buzz growing around the rapper in the Texasarea led to a signing with the 1501 Certified Entertainment label in2020.The club-themed hit "Buss lt" marked Banks' first release withthe label and was included on her self-titled mixtape in June 2020."Buss lt" proved so potent that in 2021, Travis Scott hopped on a remix,drawing even more attention to the song and to Banks. She releasedmanystandalone tracks and appeared as a featured guest on otherartists' songs for much of the next few years, issuing singles like "SlimWaist," "Pop Out," and "Throw a Lil Mo (Do lt)" in 2022 before sharingthe studio album Diary of the Flow Queen in June ofthat year. In 2023Banks continued releasing new tracks like "Real Rap B**** (Poppin lt)"and Splash Rob collaboration "Bad Bitch Alert." ~ TiVo Staff