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How Big Freedia became the queen of bounce

Big Freedia is a maven of bounce — an upbeat, uptempo, bluntly sexual genre that burst out of New Orleans and spurred the rise of popping and twerking.
Freddie Ross, better known as Big Freedia, is a fixture of the New Orleans music bounce scene. (Beto Lopez/The Associated Press)

Big Freedia is one of the biggest names in bounce music, an upbeat, uptempo, bluntly sexual genre that burst out of New Orleans and spurred the popularity of twerking. Today the former gospel choir leader joins guest host Piya Chattopadhay to discuss how he became the international ambassador of bounce. 

The third season of the performer's reality show, Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce, is on now on Fuse TV. 

Watch Big Freedia perform in the window embedded below. As you can expect, the video features pretty sexually suggestive dancing.