Future Black History Month: Big Freedia on How She 'Flipped' Her Struggles to Change the World

Fuse is once again celebrating an extended Black History Month by highlighting a variety of rising forces who are creating Future Black History before our very eyes. While Big Freedia is undoubtedly one of the most self-assured performers out there—if you haven't seen her live show, you're depriving yourself of an incredible experience—the bounce star says her road to confidence was not easy. 

"Some of the struggles that I've overcome in my life are being black, being gay and being overweight," she tells Fuse in an exclusive for Future Black History Month. "I learned to find out who I was and feel comfortable with myself. Once I got to a place in my life where I felt comfortable about all those things, I started to create and be myself. I was then voted 'Most Likely to Stand Out,' so, I took it, I flipped it and made it something positive."