Everyone is welcome at Big Freedia’s church service. Fans of Freedia’s ass-shaking anthems like “Explode” and “N.O. Bounce” may be a bit surprised by her foray into spiritual music, but the album ...

Big Freedia may be best known as the queen of bounce music, a New Orleans icon, and the standout feature on Beyonce's "Break My Soul." For now, anyway. With her new album, Pressing Onward, she just ...

Big Freedia and Billy Porter have joined today for “Holy Shuffle,” a spirited track from the former’s forthcoming debut gospel album Pressing Onward. In a world where faith is often used to divide, ...

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 ...

Resistance and power are the themes of this year’s Phoenix Pride, which announced its schedule and entertainment lineups on Friday. The annual festival will run the weekend of October 18 and 19 at ...

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Everyone is welcome at Big Freedia’s church service. The Queen of Bounce, known as the high-energy voice on Beyoncé’s “Formation” and “Break My Soul” as well as Drake’s “Nice for What” and many more ...

Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's flagship afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. He has been a question on Jeopardy and an answer in the New York Times crossword ...