{"id":44,"date":"2015-12-11T20:48:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T20:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/?p=44"},"modified":"2016-01-03T09:33:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T17:33:30","slug":"onewest-magazine-artist-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/onewest-magazine-artist-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"One West Magazine Artist Spotlight: BlindthuG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_45\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"600\"]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45\" src=\"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/CUM9Gv6UcAAoLuG.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured Right\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/> Pictured Right[\/caption]\n\n--><\/p>\n<p>The first original blind hiphop entertainer\/CEO BlindthuG the founder of Night Vizion Entertainment, his alias Franky Vizions.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Chicago Illinois on April 14 1975, Frankie Aldridge was born with an eye disease. 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