Big Freedia - who recently was awarded the Big Easy Award for Entertainer of the Year - debuted a new track, "Explode," produced by DJ BlaqNMild for the Queen Diva's upcoming album Just Be Free.

Big Freedia's partner of 20 years, Devon Hurst, has died. He was 38. The "Explode" musician, 47, posted to Instagram on Thursday, May 15 with an emotional post to announce Hurst's death, caused by ...

*Beyoncé is at the center of a new lawsuit over her 2022 hit single “Break My Soul.” Big Freedia (AKA Freddie Ross) is implicated in the lawsuit, accused of incorporating “distinctive lyrics” from Da ...

NEW ORLEANS (Verite News) - A one-time quartet of New Orleans-area bounce musicians are suing Beyonce, Jay-Z and Big Freedia for alleged copyright infringement and unfair trade practices over the use ...

UPDATE: The copyright lawsuit filed against Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Big Freedia and Sony Music over the phrase "release a wiggle" from Beyoncé's hit single “Break My Soul” has been dropped by the accusers.

NEW ORLEANS — A new copyright lawsuit aims at Beyoncé and New Orleans bounce artist Big Freedia. The phrase 'release a wiggle' is at the center of the claim – from a song made 22 years ago. It's the ...

Big Freedia may be best known as the queen of bounce music, a New Orleans icon, and the standout feature on Beyonce's "Break My Soul." For now, anyway. With her new album, Pressing Onward, she just ...

A New Orleans bounce group called Da Showstoppaz sued Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Big Freedia and more over the hit single “Break My Soul.” A bounce group sued Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Big Freedia and others in Louisiana ...

Did Big Freedia and Beyonce steal their “wiggle” from an obscure New Orleans bounce group? That’s the allegation made in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court for the ...