At first blush, the mere idea of a Big Freedia gospel album sounds like musical Mad Libs. After all, Freedia is the queen of New Orleans bounce music, an ass-shaking, party-starting hip-hop dynamo; ...

Before becoming the Queen of Bounce, before reality TV shows, setting twerking records, releasing massive songs with Beyonce and touring the world, Big Freedia was Freddie Ross Jr., dressed in ...

SOURCE: New Orleans has been named a UNESCO Creative City of Music, joining nine other US cities in the UNESCO Creative ...

Big Freedia will return to Paper Tiger on Sunday, January 19. And since it’s Sunday, y’all know she’s gonna take us to church. The New Orleans artist has been making waves since the 2000s, helping ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Big Freedia, the queen of New Orleans bounce music, is coming to Shreveport. The rapper will be performing in Shreveport for a night of fun at Fatty Arbuckle’s. While not ...

But in his new memoir, Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva!, the Bounce innovator — who dropped his debut LP Just Be Free in 2014, and continues to raise ratings on FUSE's hit reality show, Big ...

Mannie Fresh is a legend for being a Swiss army knife in the music game. Super producer, DJ, professional sh*t talker before the MC begins his verse. Whatever ya need, Mr.Fresh is going to bring that ...

The bounce music misnomer has been around for decades: DJs with little access to live instruments just shouted obscenities over simple beats to which women can shake their asses. Dismissive synopses ...

Rick Bickham made his name as Ricky B, whose 1994 bounce hit “Shake for Ya Hood” cataloged the parts of New Orleans where his audiences lived. Now that he has a book, he revisits the world that ...

At first blush, the mere idea of a Big Freedia gospel album sounds like musical Mad Libs. After all, Freedia is the queen of New Orleans bounce music, an ass-shaking, party-starting hip-hop dynamo; ...