Freddie Ross is an American musician best known by the stage name Big Freedia (/ˈfriːdə/ FREE-də) and for work in the New Orleans genre of hip hop called bounce music. He has been credited with helping popularize the genre, which was largely underground since developing in the early 1990s.

He started his career around 1999 performing in Jamaica, and released the studio album Dancehall Queen Diva in 2003. He first gained mainstream exposure in 2009, and his 2010 album Big Freedia Hitz Vol. 1 was re-released on Scion A/V in March 2011, as well as a number of music videos.