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Big Freedia is the stage name of Freddie Ross, an American musician known for work in the New Orleans genre of hip hop called bounce music.
She has been credited with helping popularize the genre, which was largely underground since developing in the early 1990s.
She started her career around 1999 performing in Jamaica, and released the studio album Dancehall Queen Diva in 2003. She firstgained
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.
She has been featured in publications ...read more
Big Freedia is the stage name of Freddie Ross, an American musician known for work in the New Orleans genre of hip hop called bounce music.
She has been credited with helping popularize the genre, which was largely underground since developing in the early 1990s.
She started her career around 1999 performing in Jamaica, and released the studio album Dancehall Queen Diva in 2003. She firstgained
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.
She has been featured in publications such as The Village Voice and The New York Times, and has performed on Last Call withCarson Daly,
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and at SXSW, where she received a positive review from Rolling Stone. In 2011 she was named Best Emerging Artist and
Best Hip-Hop/Rap Artist in January's "Best of the Beat Awards," and was nominated for the2011 22nd GLAAD Media Awards. « hide |
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