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Erica Banks
Although she began releasing singles in 2018, hip-hop artist Erica Banks earned
her first Top 40 hit with "Buss It," a dirty rap that went platinum after its
2020 release. She was born in DeSoto, Texas, on October 5, 1998. A talented
lyricist at a young age, she began winning local poetry contests at 12 years old
and eventually enrolled at Texas A&M University–Commerce as a nursing student.
She dropped out during her second year in order to pursue music instead. "Talk
My Shit," her debut single, was released independently in 2018, followed several
months later by "Thousand." Thre...
