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Jacob Banks (born 24 July 1991) is a Nigerian-born English singer and songwriter from Birmingham. 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 music, R&B and hip hop. Banks is currently signed with American label Interscope Records.
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, Banks was featured on Norwegian production team Seeb's 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 EP, 'The Boy Who Cried Freedom'. In November 2018, he released his new album, "Village", which made No. 1 on new and upcoming albums on Spotify.
"Move With You" was featured in the EA Sports game, FIFA 15.
In 2013, "Worthy" was played on the American TV series Suits in season 3, episode 9.
"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 2021, “Unknown” was featured on A spinoff of the Power Series Power Book 2: Ghost Season 2 Episode 5.
In 2018, "Unknown" was featured during the TV Series Suits in season 7, episode 13.
"Monster" was used during the TV series "Quantico" in Season 1 Episode 2 which aired in October 2015. "Monster" was also sampled to create rapper Flawless real talk's song of the same name.
In 2017, "Unholy War" was featured in the season finale of the TV series , Season 3 Episode 3 of the TV Series Lucifer and in the reveal trailer for the 2017 Need for Speed game, . In 2018, "Unholy War" was featured during the season 1 finale of the TV series Black Lightning. It was also featured on the Starz TV series Power.
In 2018 Banks penned and performed the song "In The Name of Love" for the movie The Equalizer 2.
"Love Ain't Enough" was used in the EA Sports game, FIFA 19.
Banks' collaboration with X Ambassadors, "Baptize Me" was featured in the 'Game of Thrones' soundtrack.
In 2018, "Unholy War" was used in the TV series "Queen of the South" in season 3, episode 5.
In 2019, "Every Age" was featured in a commercial for the gum brand Extra.
In 2020, "Slow Up" was used in the second season of the British series "Save Me".
In 2021, "Slow Up" was used in the Netflix film Fatherhood, "Found " was featured in the final season of Lucifer, and "Something Beautiful" was featured in the feature film Tom & Jerry.
In 2019, "Unknown (To You)" was used in the TV series The Resident in season 2, episode 20.
In 2023 "Monster" was used in the final installment of the Equalizer franchise, The Equalizer 3.
In May 2024, “Slow Up” was featured at the end of episode 6, season 2, of The Responder, which aired on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and on Britbox in July 2024.
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