Big Freedia

Big Freedia

3 songs 2 albums

Frederick “Freddie” Ross (born on January 28, 1978) is an American musician best known by the stage name Big Freedia (/ˈfriːdə/ FREE-də) and for work in the New Orleans genre of hip hop called bounce music. Freedia has been credited with helping popularize the genre, which was largely underground since developing in the early 1990s.

Freedia started singing in the choir of her neighborhood Baptist church, Pressing Onward M.B.C. and started her professional performance career around 1999. In 2003, she released the studio album Dancehall Queen Diva.

She first gained mainstream exposure in 2009, and her 2010 album Big Freedia Hitz Vol. 1 was re-released on Scion A/V in March 2011, as well as a number of music videos.