BIG NEWS TODAY! The Queen Diva, herself, Big Freedia has just announced that she will be live and in person at this year’s DragCon! Whooooeee! You besta believe this is the MOST FUN YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE ALL YEAR!
Meet & Greet! Insta & Tweet! Twerk it and were it!
Big Freedia, known as the Queen of Bounce, is a New Orleans-based rapper and ambassador of Bounce music. A vibrant twist on hip-hop, Bounce music is characterized by call-and-response lyrics over rapid-fire beats and accelerated booty-shaking.
After running the New Orleans club scene for over two decades, Big Freedia is now bringing the Bounce movement world-wide with her hit reality show, “Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce” on FuseTV. Currently in its fourth season, the weekly docu-series—which follows the turbulent career but triumphant life of Big Freedia and her cast of characters—remains the highest rated original series on the network. More, the show was honored with a GLAAD Media Award in 2013 and was nominated for the award in 2014.
Last year, Big Freedia released her much-anticipated debut LP, Just Be Free. Named one of the ‘best electronic releases of 2014’ by Rolling Stone, the album was also praised in outlets such as Pitchfork.com, SPIN.COM, USA Today, and consequenceofsound.com.
More, in 2015, Big Freedia penned her first memoir, Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva! (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster). The book is hailed in the press by outlets from Rolling Stone and Pitchfork to OUT and BUST.
Big 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. She and her shake team are a festival favorite, often known to steal the show at Outside Lands, Fun Fun Fun Fest, and Bumbershoot.
Big Freedia has appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “Last Call with Carson Daly,” “Watch What Happens Live,” NPR’s ‘All Things Considered,’ NPR’s ‘Marketplace,’ “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell” and “The Real.”
A collaboration with pop-vocalist Sia for “Eye of the Needle” was released this summer as part of the Adult Swim Series and her new single “Crazy” was released in September. Her second album will be released in January of 2016.
Follow Freedia on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
And watch her in the BEYOND EPIC video masterpiece “Peanut Butter”:
RuPaul’s DragCon 2016 is fast approaching. May 7th and 8th! DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKETS YET?
