She and her shake team are a festival favorite, often known to steal the show at Outside Lands, Fun Fun Fun Fest, and Bumbershoot. Named one of the ‘best electronic releases of 2014’ by Rolling Stone, the album was critically acclaimed in outlets such as Pitchfork, SPIN, USA Today, and Consequence of Sound.īig Freedia maintains a rigorous tour schedule which features her legendary shake team and Bounce dance moves like “the twerk” (popularized by Miley Cyrus in 2013), “the shake” “the wiggle,” “the bend ova,” the “hands on the ground,” to name just a few. Last year, Big Freedia released her much-anticipated debut LP, Just Be Free. “Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce received the GLAAD Media Award in 2013 and was nominated for the award again in 2014. The weekly docu-series, now in its 6th season, follows the life of a gay choirboy turned Bounce rapper and remains the highest rated original series on the network. A vibrant twist on hip-hop, Bounce music is characterized by call-and-response lyrics over rapid-fire beats and booty-shaking.Īfter running the New Orleans club scene for over two decades, Big Freedia is now bringing the Bounce movement to a world-wide stage with her hit reality show, “Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce” on Fuse. Big Freedia, known as the Queen of Bounce, is a New Orleans-based rapper and ambassador of Bounce music.
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