Big Freedia bounces into Toronto and Montreal

New Orleans sissy bounce queen kicks off Drake Hotel's Pride week

Big Freedia, who has been featured in The New York Times and Vanity Fair for her unique music and fashion style, is playing Toronto’s Drake Hotel on Thursday, June 28.

Known as the queen diva of sissy bounce (a sub-genre of the popular, and very sexual, New Orleans rap music called bounce), Freedia’s hits include “Azz Everywhere,” “Gin in My System” and “Rock Around the Clock.”

“Bounce music is part of us. It’s our heart; it’s where we come from and it won’t change,” Freedia told Xtra’s Elvira Kurt during a previous visit to Toronto. The rest of the interview is available below.

For more on the show at the Drake, click here. Freedia will also be playing Montreal on Saturday, July 7 at Le Belmont. For information on that show, click here.

On occasion, the number of editors and other staff who contribute to a story gets a little unwieldy to give a byline to everyone. That’s when we use “Xtra Staff” in place of the usual contributor info. If you would like more information on who contributed to a particular story, please contact us here.

Keep Reading

Who gets to claim parental rights?

Xtra and TVO’s Unravelled partnered on this mini-doc diving into what "parental rights" policies mean for kids and parents across Canada

Second Alberta town votes to ban Pride flags, rainbow crosswalks

Barrhead residents voted this week in favour of new “neutrality” bylaw

Xtra Explains: Parental rights

What does Canadian law actually say when it comes to the rights of parents and trans kids?

Xtra Explains: Social vs. medical transition

Media and politicians like to fixate on the medical aspects of transition. But for most trans youth, social transition plays a much bigger part in their lives