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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everyone is welcome at Big Freedia’s church service. The Queen of Bounce, known as the high-energy voice on Beyoncé’s “Formation” and “Break My Soul” as well as Drake’s “Nice for What” and many more ...

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 ...