Johnniqua Charles, Of ‘Lose Ya Job,’ Reflects On Viral Video That Changed Her Life
Speaking with BuzzFeed last year, Charles said she was homeless and dealing with a drug addiction while doing sex work to survive. The South Carolina resident had also lost contact with her family, who were taking care of her 3-year-old son.
But the viral moment changed everything.
“I’d been on the streets, and they’d been looking for me,” Charles said. “And I guess they seen that this video could basically change my life, and they put out a whole search party to find me.”
After reuniting with their loved one, the family focused on trying to help her transform her life. Charles’ sister Andrea led the effort by setting up a GoFundMe to collect donations for the viral sensation and her son.
“The only reason that the GoFundMe and those platforms were created were people were begging to donate to her,” Andrea said. “Once I made her Instagram, people were flooding in, saying, ‘How can I bless her? She just blessed my day so much. She just made my day.’ So the only reason it was created was so people could bless her life.”
Charles has also given birth to a baby girl named Dexire Antoniya William in the past year, the Atlanta BlackStar reported.
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