Big Freedia

Ten interviews from ten years of The Reading Life.

Big Freedia, the Queen Diva of Bounce, has done more than any other artist to bring the unmistakable New Orleans hip-hop sound to the world. His output is…

“Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans,” by Louis Armstrong“Treat It Gentle,” by Sidney Bechet“Under a Hoodoo Moon, The Life of Dr. John, The Nightripper,” by…

Born Freddie Ross, Freedia is one of the biggest stars of New Orleans' hard-dancing, bass-pounding and sometimes gender-bending bounce music scene.