Aubrey Banks, the man who is now managing Summer Walker, is reportedly setting off alarm bells inside her own label camp. According to TMZ, sources close to Interscope are raising concerns about Banks’s background, pointing to a résumé that does not hold up and a criminal case that predates his role with the R&B star.
The résumé issue centers on Banks’s LinkedIn, which claims he worked in A&R at Interscope Records from December 2008 to January 2012. Per TMZ, sources close to the label say that simply isn’t true, and insiders now believe Aubrey Banks used the fabricated credential, along with other invented job titles, to help land the manager position with Walker in the first place.
Sources close to Interscope told TMZ there were internal concerns about Banks’s claims, specifically that he had previously worked at Interscope Records, “which was simply untrue.” Those same sources said the way Aubrey Banks appears to have built his credibility around invented experience only deepened the unease once more red flags started surfacing, and they hope Walker is fully aware of what is now being said about the man handling her business.
The résumé questions are only part of what has people talking. Aubrey Banks has a criminal record that goes back nearly a decade. In 2017, he was charged with two counts of forgery in the first degree along with identity theft fraud, according to TMZ. He ultimately took a plea deal, pleading guilty to the forgery charges and receiving three years of probation. It is the kind of case that would normally show up in a basic background check, which is part of why his current role managing one of R&B’s biggest names has raised eyebrows among people who know his history.
There is also a financial trail. Per court records obtained by TMZ, Aubrey Banks filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, listing roughly $250,000 in assets against $402,000 in liabilities. In the filing, he reported monthly income of $8,250 against monthly expenses of $7,400. At one point, he reportedly listed his income as $0 while still claiming he earned $8,250 in interest, and the same filing indicated he brought in $52,000 in 2022. Aubrey Banks has not responded to TMZ’s request for comment.
For a label paying this much attention, the timing matters. Walker has been signed to LVRN, the Atlanta-founded imprint distributed through Interscope Records, since late 2017, and the two sides have built her career together across three studio albums. When people inside that world start quietly flagging a manager’s background to press, it tends to signal real discomfort rather than routine industry gossip. Managers control an artist’s contracts, money, and day-to-day business decisions, so a credibility gap this wide is not a small thing to whisper about.
None of this confirms wrongdoing tied to Banks’s current work with Walker specifically. The forgery case is nearly ten years old, and the bankruptcy filing reflects his personal finances rather than any allegation involving her money or career. Still, the combination of a padded resume, a forgery conviction, and financial strain is exactly the kind of pattern that makes a label’s inner circle nervous about who is steering an artist’s business, and right now, that appears to be exactly what is happening around Aubrey Banks.
Whether Walker addresses the concerns publicly or quietly reevaluates who is in her corner remains to be seen.
