Recognized as the larger-than-life ambassador of New Orleans Bounce music, Big
Freedia is a nationally acclaimed hip-hop artist, TV personality, and cultural icon. The
Queen of Bounce made waves with her electrifying feature on Beyoncé’s
Grammy-winning hit, “Break My Soul” (2022), cementing her influence in mainstream
music.

Beyond her three critically acclaimed EPs—‘3rd Ward Bounce’ (2018), ‘Louder’ (2020),
and ‘Big Diva Energy’ (2021)—as well as full length, ‘Central City’ (2023), Big Freedia
has been featured on some of the most iconic tracks in recent music history. She lent
her signature sound to Beyoncé’s “Formation”, Drake’s “Nice for What”, and even
covered “Judas” for Lady Gaga’s Born This Way The Tenth Anniversary album in 2021.
This summer, Big Freedia expanded her musical legacy with the release of her debut
gospel album, Pressing Onward (August 2025), featuring collaborations with Tamar
Braxton, K. Michelle, and Billy Porter. The album, which reached no. 5 on the Gospel
Music charts, was critically acclaimed by Billboard, Rolling Stone, and NPR among
others.

Big Freedia’s ascension in the music industry was chronicled over six seasons in the
highly rated reality show, ‘Big Freedia Bounces Back’ from 2011-2016 on Fuse TV. A
brand new series, ‘Big Freedia Means Business,’ chronicling Freedia’s triumphs in
music, business and life debuted in 2023 on Fuse TV.

Big Freedia is known for her infectious energy and personality. In 2019, she was the
official host for the Met Gala IG Live Stream Red Carpet event and a host of 2021's Dick
Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve TV celebration. Known by her fans as the “Queen

Diva,” Big Freedia is a loud and proud advocate for racial and gender equality and
LGBTQ+ rights.

In 2021, Big Freedia was honored as one of Ebony’s Power 100 and she has appeared
on Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, NPR, The Breakfast Club, The Problem
with Jon Stewart, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and The
Real. Her critically acclaimed 2015 memoir, God Save the Queen Diva (Gallery
Books/Simon & Schuster) was released in paperback in 2020.

MOTHERBOARD is the evolving artistic persona of Kyle Kidd (all pronouns), marking a new phase in their sonic practice. Building on earlier work, it shifts from voice as focal point to voice as environment—immersive, rhythmic, and expansive.

Rooted in the belief that sound shapes emotion and atmosphere, MOTHERBOARD blends gospel, jazz, soul, and blues with electronic, ambient, post-punk, and club music. Drawing from Black sonic lineage, the project explores voice, repetition, and texture as tools for movement, intimacy, and release.

Following the debut album Soothsayer (2022), known for its layered vocal work and emotional depth, MOTHERBOARD expands into a more rhythm-forward, embodied space—music built for both reflection and physical response.

Live, MOTHERBOARD integrates sound, movement, and visual language into immersive performance. Kidd has appeared at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NPR Tiny Desk, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, SXSW, Le Guess Who, and Big Ears Festival, and has collaborated with artists including Moor Mother, Irreversible Entanglements, Algiers, San Cha, Badger, Dombrance, Joy Anonymous, and talltom.

MOTHERBOARD signals a continuation—refined, expanded, and in motion.