Birth name Jacob Banks Years active 2012–present Genres Soul, R&B, hip-hop Labels Atlantic Records | Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Name Jacob Banks Instruments Vocals | |
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Born July 24, 1991 (age 32)
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom ( 1991-07-24 ) | ||
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Jacob Banks (born 24 July 1991) is a British singer-songwriter from Birmingham. Jacob became the first unsigned act to ever appear on BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. Jacob Banks won the 2012 MOBO UnSung regional competition in Birmingham and the Adidas "Are You In" music competition. His music is influenced by a range of genres including soul, R&B and hip-hop. In September 2016 he signed with Interscope Records.
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- Jacob banks monster ft avelino
- Jacob banks unholy war
- 2012 present Breakthrough
- In popular culture
- References
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2012-present: Breakthrough
In October 2012 he recorded his debut EP titled The Monologue which was released in January 2013. The second release from The Monologue, titled "Worthy", was played by BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe as his "Next Hype" record on his Radio 1 show and received additional plays on 1Xtra, XFM, 6Music and Annie Nightingale. In April 2013, Jacob played his first headline show at the London St Pancras Old Church. He supported Emeli Sande on her April 2013 UK tour. Banks features on Wretch 32's song "Doing OK", the second single from Wretch's forthcoming third studio album. Banks features on Chase and Status' "Alive" from their new album, Brand New Machine. He also supported them, on their Brand New Machine 2013 UK tour. Banks announced he was to release a joint EP featuring himself, Wretch 32 and George the Poet titled Gambling Man in 2013. However, this did not occur. On 1 May 2014, his collaboration with All About She, "I Can Wait", was released for free download as part of their debut extended play Go Slow. Jacob also worked with artists such as Chase & Status, Bondax, Jake Gosling, Knox Brown, Plan B and Wretch 32.
On 21 July 2015, Banks' second extended play entitled The Paradox was released. It features a guest appearance from Odd Child Recordings rapper Avelino on the track "Monster".
In 2016, he was featured on Norwegian production team Seeb release "What Do You Love". The song reached number 2 on VG-lista, the official Norwegian singles chart.
On 9 March 2017, Banks premiered his two-part narrative video, written and co-directed by himself, for his single, "Unholy War". The single is off his upcoming EP, 'The Boy Who Cried Freedom'.
In popular culture
His song, "Move With You" was featured in EA Sports game, FIFA 15.
In 2013, one of his songs, "Worthy", was played in the American TV series Suits in Season 3 Episode 9.
His song "Unknown" was featured in the Season 3 finale of the Starz TV series Power, and received viral attention for his tremendous voice. This attention led to the song "Monster" featuring in the first episode of Season 4 .
In 2017, his song "Unholy War" was featured in the season finale of the TV series The Blacklist:Redemption.
Also in 2017, his song "Unholy War" was featured in the reveal trailer for the 2017 Need for Speed game, Need for Speed Payback