SPECIAL GUEST: Deko Barbara-Jessica Wedi aka RAPPER ROUGE
Deko Barbara-Jessica Wedi a first generation South African, of Congolese
heritage, was born and raised in Pretoria. She always dreamt of becoming
a performer and started singing at the age of 6, songwriting at the age of
12 and rapping at the age of 19. She also took part in acting, public
speaking and poetry, not knowing she was preparing herself for what was

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to come. In 2014 she completed a degree in Drama & Film at the
University of Pretoria.