Biography
Freddie Ross Jr. (born January 28, 1978), better known by his stage name Big Freedia ( FREE-də), is an American rapper and performer known for his work in the New Orleans genre of hip hop called bounce music. Freedia has been credited with helping popularize the genre, which had been largely underground since developing in the early 1990s.In 2011, he was named Best Emerging Artist and Best Hip-Hop/Rap Artist in January's "Best of the Beat Awards", and was nominated for the 2011 22nd GLAAD Media Awards. In 2013, he got his own reality show on the Fuse Channel, which chronicles his life on tour and at home. On July 7, 2015, he released his autobiography God Save the Queen Diva!. At the end of 2016, Freedia was featured in a local New Orleans television ad for Juan LaFonta Law Office, in which he is shown rapping with bounce music and dancers. In 2018, he released the EP Third Ward Bounce. Freedia was scheduled to go on tour with Kesha in 2020, but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, he returned to release his second studio album Central City on June 23.
He has collaborated with artists including Beyoncé (who sampled his voice for her song, "Formation" and on her 2022 number-one hit "Break My Soul"), Lizzo, Slayyyter, New Kids on the Block, Jordin Sparks, Naughty by Nature, Boyz II Men, Jake Shears, and with Drake on his 2018 number-one hit "Nice for What".
Freedia is a gay man who also embraces his "feminine side"; he believes gender is on a spectrum and is ambivalent about his pronouns, stating, "I'm gender nonconforming, fluid, nonbinary. If I had known the 'queen' in Queen Diva would cause so much confusion, I might have called myself the king!"
Filmography
all 18
self 13
TV Shows 11
Movies 7
A Taste of Heaven: The Ecstatic Song & Gospel of Maestro Raymond Anthony Myles (2023)
Big Freedia Means Business (2023)
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll (2023)
Conjuring Kesha (2022)
College Hill: Celebrity Edition (2022)
P-Valley (2020)
Freedia Got a Gun (2020)
Nailed It! (2018)
The Hammer (2017)
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (2017)
The Hollywood Puppet Show (2017)
Song to Song (2017)
Self/less (2015)
Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce (2013)
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2012)
The Eric Andre Show (2012)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Vice Special Report
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GenderMale
Birthday1978-01-28 (46 years old)
Birth PlaceNew Orleans, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsFreddie Ross
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