Roger was born October 27, 1962 to Frances and Benjamin Allen in San Antonio Texas. He was the second born of three children. His other two siblings Christy Yvonne Pines and Jackie Allen preceded him in death. His father Benjamin also preceded him in death. Roger grew up in the Denver Heights. Roger received his formal education in the SAISD attending Herff and Frederick Douglass Elementary School, Thomas Nelson Page Jr. High and Phillis Wheatley High School.