Robb Banks

Richard O'Neil Burrell, (born September 24, 1994) better known by his stage name Robb Banks (often stylized as Robb Bank$), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

He was born on September 24, 1994, in New York City and spent the first six years of his life there before he and his mother moved to Broward County, Florida.

He dropped out of high school his senior year and began working on music.

Born in New York City and raised in Broward County, Florida, he gained recognition with the Raider Klan movement in 2012.

In that year, he released his debut mixtape Calendars and its follow-up, Tha City the following year.

In 2012, after releasing his project Everyday Except Monday, with Matt Meyer Lansky as Tuesday Thru Sunday and a slew of other songs in 2011, Banks released his debut mixtape Calendars.

The solo project predominately consisted of Robb rapping over beats by artists like Clams Casino and SBTRKT, and samples from Aaliyah and OutKast.

The project became a hit on the microblogging platform Tumblr.

He collaborated with producers like Nuri and SpaceGhostPurrp and began touring the country, developing an underground following.

After a brief hiatus, Robb began working on another project titled Tha City.

He promoted the mixtape by releasing singles off the project including "Practice", "All the Way Live", and "On Me".

He is best known for his association with fellow South Florida-based cloud rap artists, namely XXXTentacion and the group Members Only, as well as his 2013 singles "All the Way Live" and "On Me".

Tha City was released on October 1, 2013.

Prior to the release of this tape rumors had surfaced as to whether or not Shaggy was Robb's father, a fact that was formerly denied, but was soon confirmed by him to be true by making the cover for Tha City an old family photo of Banks and Shaggy.

After the release of this mixtape, Robb went on a year-long hiatus as he continued touring and spreading his music around the world.

It ended up being the only song recorded in 2013 on the entire album.

Throughout 2014, Robb began touring around the world and rarely released new music, only to show that he is still working on Year of the Savage.

This was until the end of the year, when he began hinting new projects that have been in the work.

In December, Banks put out the first (promotional) single for his debut commercial release, called "2PhoneShawty".

The 2PhoneShawty EP consisted of outtakes from Year of the Savage, and No Trespassing was a collaboration between him and Memphis-born rapper Chris Travis, all recorded in 2014.

He signed with 300 Entertainment to release his debut studio album, Year of the Savage (2015).

Burrell has been described as having an abrasive and brash vocal delivery, with his lyrics and public image containing frequent references or tributes to anime such as Naruto.

Banks is the oldest child of Carol Johnson and Jamaican dancehall reggae recording artist Shaggy.

In 2015, he started working on a new batch of music for YOTS, which would mainly feature production from his new affiliate Nuez.

In April, Robb released two extended-plays: 2PhoneShawty and No Trespassing.

On August 13, 2015, Banks released the lead single for his album, titled "Pressure".

After that he continued to promote YOTS by releasing a bunch of freestyled tracks.

It was during one of these freestyles ("Throw It Up") that he confirmed the release date for his long-awaited album.

On October 2, 2015, Robb Banks released Year of the Savage through 300 Entertainment's Dorian Distribution.

On September 27, 2016, Banks released a sequel to "Calendars" titled "C2: Death of My Teenage" which featured guest appearances from Los Hosale and XXXTentacion, co-founder of Members Only, a hip hop collective he would later join.

The mixtape was preceded by the release of the single "BETT".

Following the release of the mixtape, Robb embarked on a tour of the same name, which was to feature fellow South Florida rappers Ski Mask the Slump God, Wifisfuneral and Ronny J., New Jersey's Da$h, and Chicago's Warhol.SS were also set to open.

Before the tour began, however, Da$h was arrested, causing him to be dropped from the tour.

In early January 2017, it was announced by Cash Money Records founder Birdman that Banks was the newest member of the label's Rich Gang subsidiary.

Robb later confirmed that while he was a part of Rich Gang, he would continue to be an independent artist, choosing not to sign with Cash Money.

At this time, Banks also took to Twitter to announce a new project titled "Falconia", a sequel to his sophomore effort "Tha City".

On September 26, 2017, Banks released EP "Cloverfield 2.0" Months later, on December 27, 2017, he dropped another EP called "2: Pillz".

On February 12, 2018, Banks released single "A Milli (4 M's)" and announced the upcoming release of "No Rooftops 2: Reloaded".

Weeks later Banks would release a mixtape titled "Molly World" through Empire Distribution on March 9, 2018.

Track 14 of "Molly World" "Let Da Beat Build" was made part of Cash Money's "Before Anythang" Documentary Soundtrack.