There's never a shortage of new music from New Orleans artists, and it can be hard to keep track of it all. So each month, ...

Big Freedia is preparing to roll out her new LP, Central City, and is dropping heat with another hometown hero. The “Queen of Bounce” teamed up with Lil Wayne and Boyfriend for the fourth single off ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The rapper, entrepreneur and TV personality Big Freedia spoke with theGrio’s Marc Lamont Hill about new music, new ventures and ...

I realized it was the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as I waited for Big Freedia to pick up the phone. We’re a decade out, that awkward point at which we’re supposed to never forget, but the ...

For most people, it would take a lot of convincing to visit a supposedly haunted former insane asylum. But for Big Freedia, it required nothing more than an invitation from her “baby, Kesha.” ...

Big Freedia feels like fainting. The New Orleans rapper is on everyone’s radar again after Beyoncé featured Big Freedia on “Break My Soul,” the lead single from her seventh studio album Renaissance.

A lot of folks never heard the work “twerk” until last month, when Miley Cyrus’ embarrassing jiggling at the MTV Music Awards went viral. But the dance move has been around for decades, and no one ...

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 ...

The Queen of Bounce opened up about the life of one of her mentees gone too soon – another victim of gun violence. Devin Walker, 17, was featured in Big Freedia's documentary "Freedia Got a Gun" in ...

If you’re lucky like me, your introduction to Big Freedia involved a dance floor, reverberating speakers, and a sweaty cohort of co-twerkers. The triggerman beat crept quickly into your body and took ...

We are truly in the midst of surprise release season. First Drake came through with Honestly, Nevermind and now Beyoncé arrives with “Break My Soul,” which, like the Drake album, is also a fresh dose ...

New Orleans bounce artist and reality TV star Big Freedia got closure in a months-long housing voucher case in which the performer admitted using nearly $35,000 in Section 8 funds. Freedia avoided ...