The name was inspired by his tenth mixtape,
V.5 released on December 28, 2009 with
DJ Whoo Kid also a member of
G-Unit. The first date for release of the mixtape was on his birthday April 30, 2012. However, it was pushed back with no definite release date. On July 16, 2012 the site
DatPiff announced the new release date would be July 24, 2012. The site is the same where Banks would provide the mixtape for free download. On the last track, the rapper announced a new mixtape with
DJ Drama of his
Gangsta Grillz series. The tape was confirmed to be ''
Failure's No Option, the first volume of the All or Nothing
series, which was released on October 31, 2013. As of now, V.6'' has over 250k downloads on DatPiff, certifying the mixtape platinum on that site. ==Singles==