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Anthony Banks, known simply as Ant Banks, is a hip hop production|producer and rapping|rapper from Oakland, California.

As a child he took band in school and from there learned to play a variety of instruments along the way. At school he only learned Classical music|Classical, but at home he taught himself to play Funk related music like Parliament, Funkadelic and The Gap Band on his Casio musical keyboard|keyboard. Interested in making music, he would create beats and record his own versions for fun.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/antbanks/ dubcnn.com // Ant Banks Interview (August 2007) // West Coast News Network //]</ref>

Banks would later record tapes with his friend, Oakland rapper MC Ant, and sell them at their high school and out the trunk of their cars. With the lyrics handled by MC Ant and the production by Ant Banks, buzz over the tapes eventually reached the streets, resulting in popularity throughout the city.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

In 1987, Banks recorded the debut album by MC Ant titled ''The Great'', which was later released in 1989 through Raw Dog Records. In 1989, he recorded the debut album ''Let It Be Known'' by East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|East Bay rapper Spice 1, which was later released in 1991 through Triad Records. Along with the releases of Pooh-Man and Dange... read all