Erica Banks and SZA may soon be joining forces for a club collaboration similar to Drake’s “Rich Baby Daddy” with Sexy Red, if It’s up to the Houston-born rapper to decide.
In an exclusive interview with AllHipHop at the 2024 BET Awards, the “On His Face” hitmaker revealed her deep love and admiration for the top Dawg Entertainment singer. Along the way, Banks explained why she would pass up the chance to work with artists like Béyonce, Doja Cat, Muni Long and others who were nominated in the BET Awards’ Best Female Pop Vocal category in order to work with SZA.
When asked who she would collaborate with first, Banks replied: “SZA, of course.” “Really. I love her so much. I love them all, actually. I love the whole list you just read, But if I had to pick the first person to collaborate with, it would definitely be SZA.
Bank went on to describe when she first fell in love with SZA and talked about what initially drew her to the “Kill Bill” singer’s music and her overall aura.
“I fell in love with SZA when she dropped her CTRL album,” she said. “I fell in love with ‘CTRL’ and I think she has a soft, pure aura about her. I’ve never met her, but I’d love to meet her and have the opportunity to collaborate with her and create a song that the world will love. song.
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Considering SZA’s past success with rappers, it was only a matter of time before Banks’ dream collaboration became a reality. Notably, her feature on Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More” quickly took over social media, eventually peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning widespread radio play. “All the Stars,” which she collaborated with Kendrick Lamar on the Black Panther soundtrack, was another major success, peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and accumulating on Spotify It has more than 800 million views. SZA’s recent feature on Travis Scott’s “K-POP” has also attracted widespread attention, entering the Hot 100 and quickly climbing the streaming charts. Essentially, history tells us that by combining Banks’ poignant lyricism and kinky concepts with SZA’s dreamy vocals and twisted perspective, the duo could absolutely craft one of Crow’s favorite hits.
Watch the full interview above.
