Kamal Harris is pulling out all the stops to get Black people to teh polls to vote this November. Media Take Out learned that New Orleans bounce artist Big Freedia just released a new song – geared at getting out the vote.
The song, which has a chorus that repeats “shake to the polls” and “twerk to the polls” is catchy. But some on social media are wondering if Kamala may be doing a bit too much, in an attempt to cater to Black voters.
Kamal Harris and her team have been ratcheting up efforts to get out the vote, particularly in the Black community. We really hope that this brings more voters than it turns off.
Listen to the track:
Big Freedia is an American rapper and performer known for his work in the New Orleans genre of hip hop called bounce music. Freedia has been credited with helping popularize the genre, which had been largely underground since developing in the early 1990s.
In 2011, he was named Best Emerging Artist and Best Hip-Hop/Rap Artist in January’s “Best of the Beat Awards”,and was nominated for the 2011 22nd GLAAD Media Awards. In 2013, he got his own reality show on the Fuse Channel, which chronicles his life on tour and at home. On July 7, 2015, he released his autobiography God Save the Queen Diva!. At the end of 2016, Freedia was featured in a local New Orleans television ad for Juan LaFonta Law Office, in which he is shown rapping with bounce music and dancers. In 2018, he released the EP Third Ward Bounce. Freedia was scheduled to go on tour with Kesha in 2020, but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, he returned to release his second studio album Central City on June 23.
He has collaborated with artists including Beyoncé (who sampled his voice for her song, “Formation” and on her 2022 number-one hit “Break My Soul”), Kesha, Lizzo, Slayyyter, New Kids on the Block, Jordin Sparks, Naughty by Nature, Boyz II Men, Jake Shears, and with Drake on his 2018 number-one hit “Nice for What”.
