G,G,G,G-Unit! G-Unit isn't all about 50 Cent. Lloyd Banks happens to be equally as, if not more, entertaining. Here he talks purple haze, pornos and bullet-proof caps. Apparently you like a drink, what's your hangover cure? "Sleep. Backstage at The Brits I was going to sleep every time we had a chance to. Sometimes I smoke; I'm a big smoker. Marijuana's my boost... A lot of people like the hydro, but back home I like the haze; that's my favourite." Do you like British ladies? "This is my fourth or fifth time out here so I've become a household name. I love 'em!" Have you been with any yet? "Of course! ...I wouldn't know if they were famous, maybe there were famous to someone else. But to me? They were just a girl I met in a club." Do you have an English girlfriend? "I don't have a girlfriend nowhere." So you're not a romantic? "For me romantic is just listening, cause I don't really listen to a lot of girls. That's romantic enough... If a girl asks me to do something romantic I say, 'Yeah, I'll pour honey all over your body and then [pauses] I'll lock you in a room full of bees.' Ha!" Joker. Do you play practical jokes on the G-Unit crew? "I target Buck a lot. I sent a rather large female to stay in his room. I told her to go in his room and get naked. When he came in the room she was just spread out all over the bed. She had to be at least 300lb. He said he left, but maybe he's freaky." Do you wear a bullet-proof vest or is that just 50 Cent? "I wear a bullet-proof vest and a bullet-proof hat." Are you serious? "I'm dead serious." Are you wearing one right now? "Nah, not right now. I wear it back home. It's a Yankee cap. Yankee doesn't make them. That's the most common hat in New York so you wouldn't suspect that it was bullet-proof. I get that hat bullet-proofed... It covers the forehead and the back of the head." Don't you find it weird, living like that? "Back home it's so common that it becomes a fashion statement for other people. For me it's because I've been shot, so I know what it feels like and ya don't wanna feel that again." What happened when you got shot? "In New York City if you go into a local club, nine times outta ten you know most the people that's there. So it becomes like: who is the baddest person from that town. Ya know what I mean? All it takes is for one shot to go off for a lotta shots to follow. It's just being in the wrong place at the wrong time." On a lighter note, what's the last film you watched? "The last film I watched was my own, 'Groupie Luv'. I'm shooting pornos now. I have my own production company called Bank Shot Productions. That's the first one I did. I just finished shooting it in Los Angeles... I'm starring in it, but I'm not 'performing'. In the event that my rap career doesn't take off then I will be 'performing'. I make cameo appearances. The whole concept of 'Groupie Luv' is me directing somebody in a day-in-the-life of G-Unit. I've been on the road for the past two years, so if anybody knows about groupies, it's me." Other than making music and pornos, what are your hobbies? "I have a shopping habit, I always shop a lot, for clothes really... I don't do fashion shows. Now I don't even really shop that much cause we got our own clothes." So what do you do in your spare time now? "I have sex." What's your favourite position? "Actually it's looking down at somebody. Back home they call it 'getting head'." What's your own personal favourite lyric? "Wow! [Pauses] 'Just because I like French fries, don't mean I like French kisses'." So you don't do tongues? "Nah I don't do tongues... I kiss on everything else. That's what matters." Christina or Britney? "Britney." If you were an animal what would you be and why? "Probably a bird. Cause birds shit on everything... Who would I shit on? The first possible target or mainly celebrities. Probably Ja Rule. He sounds like the Cookie Monster." Do you believe in God? "I believe in a higher power." Do you think the higher power is a male or female? "I think my higher power is the same sex as me." If you could have dinner with him what would you ask? "How long am I gonna live? He would probably say as long as I needed to be down there. Long doesn't mean better." So you're not looking for a long life? "A good one; an effective one." Is your life good? "My life is better than ever. I've accomplished a lot in the last year. I haven't completed all my personal goals. In the event that I do, I wanna see people around me complete their goals... My goal is to win the Porno Award, as 'Director of the Year'. They take place in Las Vegas. I went to the last one. I haven't been nominated. I'll be nominated this year though." Lloyd Banks' 'The Hunger For More' album and 'Groupie Luv' porn film are due out April/May Words by Elle J Small