You may remember this guest from season two of NBC's hit show, The Voice but I got to meet Jamar Rogers for the first time in Boston, at an LGBTQ Youth Conference for QTBIPOC. At first, I wasn't sure why he made the decision to be at a youth conference for queer folks of color, but as I would later learn from hanging out with him is that we had a lot more in common than not. We talked about Jamar's reaction to my gender nonconformingness, coming out, music, spirituality, and the power of love.
Guest Bio:
Music is his truest form of expression. From singing on the church stage as a child to performing on NBC’s highest-rated reality show, The Voice, music has always been a part of Jamar Rogers, as he found the art medium to be the most powerful unifier there is. Rogers uses music to tell stories and connect his heart’s broken pieces. After overcoming an addiction to crystal meth, he was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2005 and have since used his story and newfound status to spread a message of love and awareness. In 2009, after receiving considerable TV time on American Idol, he became a contestant on NBC's show, The Voice, in 2012. Known as "The Comeback Kid”, he finished as a semi-finalist and hit the ground running. He has guest starred in: The Ellen Show, BET’s 106 & Park, The Tonight Show, SNL, CNN and The Expresso Show in South Africa. He has also been featured in USA Today, The New York Post and Rolling Stone. The Root named Rogers as one of their 100 Most Influential African-Americans.
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