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I've always been indie.
I'm human, just like everyone else.
Twerking is definitely from New Orleans.
When I was little I was into gospel music.
No one can predict what God is going to do.
I grew up in a Baptist church my whole life.
First and foremost, I'm human. I'm a person.
I basically go with whatever my gut tells me.
Of course, Bounce is all about the dance moves.
Gay folks go to church. We pray to the Lord too.
I got my style from my mom, she was a classy lady.
Outside of Bounce, I listen to Beyonce, Sia, Rihanna.
Bounce music is uptempo, heavy bass, call and response.
Everyone is unique to the way that they dance in New Orleans.
Before I was rapping, I was an interior designer and decorator.
I come from the city of New Orleans where it's live and vibrant.
Everyone has a butt. No matter what size it is, you can work it.
Drake and I have built a relationship, vibing and performing together.
I'd love to work with Snoop Dogg, Skrillex, Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar.
Me and Drake and all his people hung out. I had the whole club jumping.
I can't pull back. I'm 6 foot 3, I'm tall, and I'm gay. I light up the room.
I've worked tremendously hard to make things happen for New Orleans culture.
Being a big kid, I was kind of fat and chubby, and I got picked on quite a bit.
When I first started, I was definitely reserved,. I was still trying to find myself.
Like a lot of artists, I started out as a singer in my church choir when I was a child.
I've always loved to cook. It helps me to relax and gives me peace. It's my nourishment.
I'm a performer, so when I get to any space, I make it my own for that moment and have fun.
When something get hot, everybody want to jump on the bandwagon and act like they created it.
Beyonce has a platform; what's a better way to speak on your platform than through your music?
I'm always honored to see my music and New Orleans Bounce make its way into mainstream culture.
I'm a bounce artist, straight born and raised from New Orleans, Louisiana, and I love what I do.
Being gay and coming up in New Orleans was not easy. At first I was very terrified and very timid.
People should be able to do what they want in life and not be judged or put in a box or a category.
I loved listening to music around the house with my mom on Saturday mornings when we would clean up.
For a long time a lot of people thought New Orleans wasn't a safe place and that it was very ratchet.
I'm always working and coming up with new and fresh ideas to keep my fans engaged and keep myself relevant.
The bigger artists are definitely looking and paying attention to the culture and the style of bounce music.
My church people supported me when I made my transition from gospel to bounce and that made it a lot easier.
I love Red Bull, they support everything that I do. They always support music and they're always pushing music.
I started travelling doing shows everywhere to make people feel like a sense of New Orleans wherever they may be.
I was a choir director for my high school. Of my friends, I was the more rational one, because I was the choir girl!
Some issues just need to be dealt with - that we're still dealing with in the world, with police brutality and racism.
I create music for myself first of all because if I'm not happy with the music I create, I can't make anybody else happy.
I'm steady trying to make this bounce stuff mainstream and do some wonderful and great things for the culture of New Orleans.
Housing vouchers are a vital lifeline for many people I know in New Orleans and around the country, including struggling artists.
We have a dance in bounce music called 'exercising' where you just open your legs and shake your butt a little bit from side to side.
Bounce is taking flight all over the globe. New York especially, and L.A., Canada, Portland, Washington. It keeps getting bigger and bigger.
When I go shopping, I try to specify certain things for certain events, but most of the time, I have so much stuff to pull from at home in the closet.
Everybody knows that at a Freedia show, you're definitely going to have some crowd participation, and they're anticipating and waiting for that moment.
Generally, I cook from the soul and measure by eye, throwing in this and that along the way. But I want to be a certified chef. That's one of my goals.