Roquemore on ‘Squid Game’

Atlanta, Texas’ very own Charles “Chaz” Roquemore is competing on the global stage on Netflix-Squid Game: The Challenge for a stunning $4.56 million. Charles graduated from Atlanta High School Class of 2009, he is the son of Bernis James and Deborah James, his grandparents are the Late Joseph Roquemore and Clemmie Roquemore, he went on to obtain a bachelor’s in mass communications from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Master in Business Administration concentrating in Project Management.

Since his teen years he’s always been infatuated with reality TV and game shows such as The Real World, Road Rules, and his ultimate favorite Big Brother. Charles stated, “I manifested this. I can remember having ‘Mr. Famous’ monogrammed on the back of my high-school letterman jacket. I never knew what path that would be, but I knew I was destined to be in front of the world”.

Charles has always been a man of many talents, before flying to London to compete you would find him working as deputy manager of a governmental service call center, Houston Realtor, and cheer/tumbling instructor.

We tried to get additional insight into the game and met with “It definitely gets wild; my strategy is to watch everything, keep my ears to the streets and be prepared to pivot at any given moment. You’ll have to stay tuned in to see what happens next.”

Charles said it was really important for him that at least one person saw his story and felt empowered.” Growing up in a small town and being ‘different’, I never could really relate to anyone nor see people on TV that I could truly see my real self in. Even if I didn’t win, I went in with three grounding rules. 1. Keep Jesus in the center of all I do. 2. I will not compromise my integrity. 3. I want to inspire queer POC to know that we can do anything we set our minds to, no matter who counts us out”. To see what happens next, tune in to Netflix on November 29th.

As part of an Interview by Raydeen Edwards