Alec Banks

Alec Banks is a journalist, author, and the editorial director of LL

COOL J's Rock The Bells. He is the author of COMPLIMENTS OF: CHICAGO

GANG CULTURE (Beyond the Streets), and contributed to ICE COLD: A

HIP-HOP JEWELRY HISTORY (Taschen) and the SMITHSONIAN ANTHOLOGY OF

HIP-HOP AND RAP (Smithsonian Folkways).\\