Born in Cook County Hospital of Chicago as an infant, Blanks was taken to the humble beginning of Laurel Mississippi where he was raised and worked until age 17 before migrating back to the Chicagoland area as the last of his family to migrate north in the late seventies, where we can truly say he literally started from the bottom; After losing his dad who was shot and killed when he was age 13 and mother to a single gunshot wound a couple of year later at age15. He later would endure the judicial consequences and convictions of possession with intent to deliver with unlawful use of weapons; Resulting in the bad Karma of becoming one of his own best customers, but now has over 35 years of being cocaine clean, crack and heroin free. Thanks to the Most High and many Ancestors.

You can support his organization Black Abolition Movement for the Mind by downloading his fundraising singles, Sixty Seconds in the Sun, and “Say Can U” on all streaming platform and subscribing on YouTube, get copies of his book The Scar spangled Banner by calling 773-510-1713 and which can only be acquired at BAM 4 THE MIND. Follow him on facebook: Blanks,Chris and subscribe at www.bam4themind.org on twitter at BROTHAA BLANKS@BLANKS BROTHA and on Instagram under bam4themind.