Big Freedia

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Freddie Ross Jr. (born January 28, 1978), better known by her stage name Big Freedia ( FREE-də), is an American rapper, singer, and performer. She is known for her work in the New Orleans genre of hip-hop called bounce music, and has been credited with helping popularize the genre, which had been largely underground since developing in the early 1990s. In 2011, Freedia was named Best Emerging Artist and Best Hip-Hop/Rap Artist in OffBeat's "Best of the Beat Awards", and was nominated for the 22nd GLAAD Media Awards that year. In 2013, she got her own reality show on the Fuse Channel, which chronicles her life on tour and at home, and the following year, released her major-label debut studio album, Just Be Free. On July 7, 2015, she released her autobiography God Save the Queen Diva!. At the end of 2016, Freedia was featured in a local New Orleans television ad for Juan LaFonta Law Office, in which she is shown rapping with bounce music and dancers. In 2018, she released the EP, Third Ward...

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