If you go
* What: Big Freedia* Where: The Signal, 1810 Chestnut St.* When: 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5* Admission: $17 and $34* For more information: 423-498-4700
Big Freedia, known as the Queen of Bounce, brings the New Orleans version of hip-hop, called bounce music, to The Signal Thursday night, Sept. 5.
Big Freedia, aka Freddie Ross, is a New Orleans rapper who has been credited with helping to popularize bounce music since it began in the early 1990s. Bounce is known for its call-and-response style and lightning-speed, booty-shaking dancing.
If you didn’t catch Freedia last September in the Levitt Amp series, you’ll want to stop in The Signal to see what it’s all about.
A product of the hip-hop generation, Freedia heard “Where Dey At” by MC T Tucker (what many believe to be the first bounce track) and was transfixed. After starting as a back-up dancer for Katey Red, the original “Sissy Bounce” rapper, Freedia knew bounce was his calling and eventually broke out on his own.