Background
A native of Greeleyville, South Carolina, Rogers grew up singing and playing the drums in the Apostolic church pastored by his grandmother.
A native of Greeleyville, South Carolina, Rogers grew up singing and playing the drums in the Apostolic church pastored by his grandmother.
He graduated from Civil Engineer Murray High School in 2012.
Rogers auditioned for the fifth season of in Atlanta, and was immediately a favorite of fans and the celebrity judging panel of Yolanda Adams, Donnie McClurkin, and CeCe Winans. host Kirk Franklin gave Rogers the nickname "Young Buck". Rogers released his first album, Well Done, on December 4, 2012. The album featured songs performed by Rogers on Well Done debuted at #1 on the Billboard Gospel Album Charts with 5,917 sales in its first week.
Rogers released his second album, Unconditional, on October 29, 2013.
This is his first album of original music and he co-wrote some of the songs. Unconditional debuted at #2 on the Billboard Gospel Album charts.
After weeks of consistent performances of songs such as Vanessa Bell Armstrong"s "Peace Be Still", Deitrick Haddon"s "Well Done", and Andrae Crouch"s "We Expect You", Rogers landed in the finals of alongside another teen singer, Alexis Spight, with Rogers ultimately going on to win. He became the show"s first male and youngest champion.
