Jacob Banks is one of the most popular and richest R&B Singer who was born on July 24, 1991 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. He performed with Emeli Sande during a 2013 tour.
In 2013, one of his songs, “Worthy”, was played on the American TV series Suits in Season 3 Episode 9.
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 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 has also worked with other artists such as Bondax, Jake Gosling, Knox Brown, Plan B and Wretch 32.
He has younger twin siblings named Toye and Tola.
For the music video for “Move With You,” he revealed that the directors allowed him to do a stunt that required him to jump off a building onto a mattress, but wouldn’t let him jump into a pool featured later in the video, as he didn’t know how to swim.
Jacob Banks (born 24 July 1991) is a British singer and songwriter from Birmingham. 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. Banks is currently signed with American label Interscope Records.
