Rouge finds therapy through her beats
(WorldNews Entertainment)

On the week of her 25th birthday, Rouge and I sit across from each other in a surprisingly crowded mall in the Northern suburbs of Johannesburg. It´s a warm evening and we´re toasting her stellar debut album, The New Era Sessions - with ice cream. I am the one who enjoys the birthday cake ice cream, though. She digs into a salted caramel scoop. We lift our cups and say `cheers`. `I was so busy planning the launch of this album that I completely forgot that I had a birthday coming up,` Rouge tells me as she shakes her head. The rapper-singer-songwriter whose real name is Barbara Wedi has been busy. At 19, at the suggestion of a friend who thought her voice was suited for rap music, Rouge...