Born Jillian Rose Banks in Orange County, California on June 16, 1988, the trip
hop/R&B singer and songwriter is better-known by her stage name Banks. Her
family moved to Los Angeles and then relocated to the valley during her
formative years. By the age of 15, she was teaching herself piano and writing
songs in order to help her deal with her parents’ divorce. She attended college
at the University of Southern California (USC), and earned a bachelor’s degree
in psychology. While in college, she began posting her music on SoundCloud and
expanded her audience on several social med...