Ms Banks

{{Short description|Nigerian-British rapper (born 1994)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Ms Banks

| image = Ms Banks at the National Television Awards.jpg

| caption = Banks in 2020

| birth_name = Thyra Ebony Kigho Deshaun Oji

| birth_place = London, England

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1994|4|14}}

| origin = Camberwell, London, England

| genre = Hip hop, R&B, afrobeats

| label =

| occupation = {{flatlist|

• Rapper
• singer
• songwriter

}}

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Thyra Kigho Deshaun Oji (born 14 April 1994), better known by her stage name Ms Banks, is a Nigerian-British rapper, singer and songwriter.{{cite web |last=Dunn |first=Frankie |title=10 things you need to know about ms banks |url=https://i-d.co/article/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-ms-banks/ |date=26 April 2017 |work=Vice |access-date=23 January 2020}} Oji has released three mixtapes as Ms Banks. In 2014, she released her first mixtape titled Once Upon a Grind. She then released her first EP titled New Chapter EP in 2016.{{cite web |last=Rathod |first=Nikita |title=The Break Presents: Ms Banks |date=18 December 2019 |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2019/12/ms-banks-interview-the-break/ |publisher=XXL Magazine |accessdate=23 January 2020}} The Coldest Winter Ever was released in 2018,{{cite web |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |title=Ms Banks – the Nicki Minaj-approved rapper standing up to heartbreak |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/28/ms-banks-nicki-minaj-approved-rapper-heartbreak |date=28 December 2017 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=23 January 2020}} followed by The Coldest Winter Ever Part II in 2019.{{cite web |last=Cliff |first=Aimee |title=Ms Banks: The Coldest Winter Ever Pt 2 review – rising rapper has summery bounce |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/29/ms-banks-the-coldest-winter-ever-pt-2-review |work=The Guardian |date=29 November 2019 |accessdate=23 January 2020}} In 2023 she appeared alongside Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra as part of the opening act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 hosted in Liverpool.