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Big Freedia Bounces Back

Even before becoming Big Freedia, Freddie Ross was known around New Orleans. Her "signature call"—an operatic bellow that she lets out when I ask to hear it—was legendary in the city. "They'd be like, 'Oh that's Freddie in the club'.... The signature call comes very loud. And proud." Freedia came out to her mom as gay when she was 13, and soon came out to her classmates as well. She tells me she "had to do what every other gay kid had to do: fight for their life, and fight to be strong and stand up and let people know that you are not no joke in who you were." She eventually started performing as part of New Orleans' queer bounce music scene, and became a local celebrity. Then, in 2005, Freedia got shot. "What the motive was, I don’t know to this day still," she says. After finally mustering the courage to start performing again, Freedia also moved into a new place, to get a fresh start. Hurricane Katrina hit about a week later. She and her family were together at her duplex during the storm, where the water rose to the second floor. They cut a hole in the roof to signal for help. Days after being evacuated, Freedia made her way to Houston, where she lived for two years. In Houston, Freedia met her current boyfriend, Devon. After years of dating men who weren't openly gay, Freedia says Devon's openness about their relationship has made a difference. "When your love grows for somebody and y’all get closer you wanna...feel more appreciated, and you wanna feel loved," she says. Freedia eventually returned to New Orleans, where her career continues to expand. “A lot was happening after Katrina. I mean money was slinging everywhere,” Freedia tells me. “You know everybody had FEMA checks, girl!” I talk with Freedia about what's happened in her life in the years since she returned to her hometown: publishing a memoir, starring in a reality TV series, and losing her beloved mother to cancer.

Rosheka “Reject” Davis Divine Feminine

Born Rosheka Latrell Davis on November 25, 1979 to Harry and Jessie Davis in the City of Gaston, South Carolina. Davis was raised in a tight knit community known as “Happy Town”. She is the youngest of four children…Due to the wide age gap between her and her siblings and the strenuous work schedules of her parents, Davis learned at an early age that she had to entertain herself. Using this fuel of self entertainment, Davis found her love for community and school sports. She played on her schools’ basketball teams and participated in gym activities with her cousins and community peers. The Number one Iheartradio personality, the freshest event host, and the P. E. ( Positive Expressions) Coach of the year. Davis uses her influence to be the change they want to see. “The Fuel To Your Fire, Is Your Hearts Desire.

“...I like dick…… .”

IS COI LERAY

GAY OR ST8

Coi Leray’s sexuality became a trending topic following the release of her breakthrough hit Huddy. The song featured lyrics suggesting that Coi might be lesbian or bisexual. DJ Vlad asked her about the lyrics, and Coi explained that what she says in the studio is not necessarily reflective of who she is in real life. “When you in the studio, behind the mic as an artist, you are going to do whatever it is on a creative aspect to make that shit sound hot, and people got alter egos,” Coi explained. She went on to state that she finds some women attractive, but she would never pursue a sexual relationship with a woman. Coi will flirt and dance with a woman, but she insists that she is straight. Leray told DJ Vlad: “Sometimes I feel like I could take a bitch and that’s just what it is. I

ain’t girls. But I will tell you know that I am attracted to girls, but I am not into them, if that makes sense. I think that a lot of bitches are pretty. Depending on who or whatever, if I feel comfortable we could turn up in a club and dance on

each other, but like, I like dick.” Following the Vlad TV interview news broke last week that in commemoration of “Pride Month” Leray came out the clost. So lets just say her sexuality is as mysterious as her relationship with her estranged father Benzino of LHHA.