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A tireless showman and an underrated music skill, Louis Prima swung his method to icon position because of an irresistible, infectious audio whose appeal translated across years. Nominally a golf swing artist, Prima’s unique audio also encompassed New Orleans-style jazz, boogie-woogie, leap blues, R&B, early rock and roll & roll, …

A veteran of the brand new Orleans music picture who took the city’s bounce music motion nationwide around 2010, the flamboyant diva referred to as Big Freedia was created using the less fabulous name Freddie Ross. A lover of Sylvester, Michael Jackson, and Patti LaBelle while developing up, Freedia became …