After checking out New Orleans bounce queen Big Freedia‘s show at Toronto’s NXNE Festivala couple of weeks back, we just couldn’t help but grab the MC for a few (very informal) words the next morning at our hotel. The super-motivated Freedia told us all about coming out as a 12-year-old, what Hurricane Katrina did for bounce music, and the only item she needs to rock the party.

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