The New Orleans musician known for party-starting rapping chats about healing through song, and the TV, movies and boots that keep her stomping ahead. By Ross Scarano ...

Big Freedia went back to college Monday and staged a “Celebration.” In 2022, the Queen of Bounce attended classes at Texas Southern University for the BET reality series “College Hill: Celebrity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big Freedia poses for a photo backstage during the 2025 SXSW Conference and Festival on March 13, 2025 in Austin, Texas. - Credit: ...

A Big Freedia show is typically a twerk-a-thon of booty-bouncing dancers. But throughout the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, fans have seen a different side of the Queen of Bounce. This ...

Big Freedia may be best known as the queen of bounce music, a New Orleans icon, and the standout feature on Beyonce's "Break My Soul." For now, anyway. With her new album, Pressing Onward, she just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At first blush, the mere idea of a Big Freedia gospel album sounds like musical Mad Libs. After all, Freedia is the queen of New ...

Big Freedia is fusing gospel with bounce. On Friday, the New Orleans musician released her single “Take My Hand,” off her upcoming gospel project. “Tell the congregation/This is Freedia nation/Ain’t ...

Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's flagship afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. He has been a question on Jeopardy and an answer in the New York Times crossword ...