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How Toronto’s Most Popular Queer Hip-Hop and Dancehall Party Started in a Hostel

03.18.16

By Nino Brown & Golshan Abdmoulaie
Identity

Big Freedia Pleads Guilty to Government Fraud

03.18.16

By Cole Kazdin
Music

Big Freedia Reveals How She Ended Up On Beyonce’s “Formation”

02.08.16

By Max Mertens
Music

New Orleans Bounce Matriarch Big Freedia Loses It in Her Video for “Crazy”

11.19.15

By THUMP Staff
Music

Empress Of Proves She’s Certified “Icon” Material with New Video

11.16.15

By Alexander Iadarola
Music

We Captured This Year’s Fun Fun Fun Fest in Its Genre Agnostic Glory

11.11.15

By Noisey Staff
Music

Lazerdisk Remix Big Freedia’s “Ol’ Lady,” the First of Many Collabs

04.14.15

By Jemayel Khawaja
Music

Big Freedia’s Guide to New Orleans

03.04.13

By Big Freedia
Travel

Megan’s iPhone

07.21.12

By Megan Delaney
Travel

Azz Literally Everywhere

08.16.11

By BEVERLY HAMES

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Music

Remember When Rick Rubin Held a Surprisingly Star-Studded Fake Funeral Connected to His Pioneering Hip Hop Label?

From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
Photo: Francesco Carta fotografo / Getty Images

Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike