Dallas rapper Erica Banks exudes confidence and cockiness, approaching minimal trap beats with a variety of powerful flows. Before signing with 1501 Certified Entertainment, she worked independently on projects like 2019's The Art of the Hustle. She landed a hit with the 2020 single "Buss It" from her eponymous mixtape and continued her reign on projects like 2022's Diary of the Flow Queen. Banks grew up outside Dallas, Texas, and gravitated toward poetry early in life. Shortly after entering college with plans to complete a nursing program, Banks shifted her focus to pursuing a musical career. She parlayed her lifelong interest in poetry into rapping and began writing original songs around 2018. Early singles like "Thousand" and "NO Hook" led to the 2019 EP The Art of the Hustle, and two other mixtapes were released independently that same year, Pressure and Cocky on Purpose. The buzz growing around the rapper in the Texas area led to a signing with the 1501 Certified Entertainment label in 2020. The club-themed hit "Buss It" marked Banks' first release with the label and was included on her self-titled mixtape in June 2020. "Buss It" proved so potent that in 2021, Travis Scott hopped on a remix, drawing even more attention to the song and to Banks. She released many standalone tracks and appeared as a featured guest on other artists' songs for much of the next few years, issuing singles like "Slim Waist," "Pop Out," and "Throw a Lil Mo (Do It)" in 2022 before sharing the studio album Diary of the Flow Queen in June of that year. In 2023, Banks continued releasing new tracks like "Real Rap B**** (Poppin It)" and Splash Rob collaboration "Bad Bitch Alert." ~ TiVo Staff