As for his own musical happenings, Banks is gearing up for the November 23 release of The Hunger For More 2, the sequel to his 2004 double platinum debut.

“I’m excited,” he says of the upcoming project, which has already spawned the gold single “Beamer, Benz or Bentley.” “I put a lot of thinking into this project. Every verse on my album that I got for a feature is crazy. The Kanye West joint ‘Trackstar’ is crazy. The song actually features me, Kanye, Swizz Beatz and Fabolous. I got Pusha T on a song called ‘Home Sweet Home.’ He’s very underrated; Pusha has been doing it for so long that he’s in a similar space as me. Everybody knows the Clipse as legendary rappers. Now he’s beginning a new legacy with his solo career. And I’m doing the same thing.”

Other guests on the album include 50 Cent, Eminem, Raekwon, Ryan Leslie, Akon, Jeremiah and Styles P. “The success I’m having now has been sweeter,” Banks adds. “You never know where you are going to be in this business.”—Keith Murphy

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