Unsocial AES Profile: Ashlee Bankz

The blog era in Chicago really created some of the most inspiring artists that have been present within the past ten plus years, period. A lot of the time they don’t receive their flowers for the amazing styles and flows they put in the world. Yet they keep going as far as creating more art simply because it’s what they do..

One of those artists doing that effortlessly is the amazing Ashlee Bankz..

If one were to ask where Bankz is from you could say the south side of Chicago but if we are talking about her artistry we’d say she’s from the very best in the world when it comes to being real and also being around the arts. She is one of the most important artists coming from the blog era in Chicago simply because she has always been the inspiration to a lot of the artists in the industry. If you don’t know do your homework. Ashlee is truly a renaissance woman when it comes to the steez and many different creative styles made up from the drill scene. If you’ve been keeping up with what she’s been doing musically she’s been the muse for a lot of your favorites right now..

That being said Bankz has never been given the real flowers she deserves when it comes to who she has inspired and who she is even around inner circle wise. She’s determined to really come into her own as far as just how utterly phenomenal she is when it comes to the powerful story telling that comes from her music..

She’s been around fellow legends such as Tink, Lil Durk, the late Fredo Santana and others but even then she was ahead of her time. She was always criticized for the extreme honesty and passion that is constructed in her lyrics and flows. Even though a lot of the artists in the industry currently have copied her style, she considers it free game as she is preparing to channel out her story via her new sound..

Her last project “Misery Loves Company” is a true hip-hop classic fused with the black girl experience that can only be depicted from an artist like Bankz, her ability to use her vulnerability and turn it into a weapon bar wise is something not many can do so easily as she does. Her creative dynamic and ability to turn her voice into it’s own personality is truly a sight to see..

Even “Keep in Touch” the 2019 project she put out is very revealing of her amazing ability to combine experimental RnB with fun smooth neo-soul ballads. Her 2024 single run so far has been very revealing of her ability to structure melancholy vocals with gut wrenching bars that shows her many creative bags that she can pull from. With a new project in the wings and just finishing up a 4/20 show with Chicago heavy weights Rell Cash, Raymi, & Stock Marley. Bankz is wasting no time reminding the city what she truly is capable of..

The one thing that Bankz really wants the world to understand is that she is truly on her own path and she is only building with folks she can trust. That being said she wants it to also be known that she got this far in her career with the love of her grandmother, her mother, the legendary Lyrical of Lyrical Eyes Management, but more importantly herself. As she plans to take the city over being one of the artists leading this new wave in Chicago she always encourages everyone to be their best selves and stay true to what you stand for..

We believe that is the best advice ever..